[blindkid] Hebrew Braille

[Lenora J. Marten]

Hebrew Braille is read from left to right while written Hebrew is read from right to left. It's similar to the Braille system used with the Roman Alphabet
and there are Hebrew contractions specific to the Hebrew language. You will find more information at www.hebrewvisions.org, a website sponsored by the
Jewish Braille Institute. They have a digital library of Hebrew texts that have been translated into Hebrew Braille and are available for download. They also
have a translator which will take digital Hebrew text and translate it into computer Braille. There are no fees charged. The Jewish Braille Institute (JBI) 
website is www.jbilibrary.org and their phone number is 1-800-433-1531

Lenora 


-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children) <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sat, Mar 6, 2010 11:34 pm
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Hebrew Braille


I'm sure it's grade one Braille because it may use contractions to represent other sounds. French, Spanish and German Braille do this to so it's just a guess on my part. I've posed the question on another list where there, at least used to be, at least one Hebrew Braille user. If no one else answers, I'll let you know what I hear. Remember it will read from right to left like print Hebrew does. 
Barbara 
 
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From: "DrV" <icdx at earthlink.net> 
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 4:37 PM 
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org> 
Subject: [blindkid] Hebrew Braille 
 
> Hi Everyone, 
> Can someone tell me if Hebrew braille is just grade 1 or if Hebrew also > uses contractions? 
> Thanks 
> Eric V 
> 
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