[duxuser] Re: Contraction
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 22:54:18 +0100
Hi,
On the subject of contractions, how many of you are aware
that DBT supports three formal braille learning courses?
Two from the United States, and one from the United Kingdom.
Within DBT, these take the form of graduated tables equating
to the various stages of the respective braille learning
course.
Therefore you can take any text you like, and translate it
in DBT to the level of braille a person is at on the
relevant course. This potentially means an easier
introduction for new braille readers since they can be
provided with all their braille reading material at any
given level for as long as required.
The three courses are as follows, but you should contact the
relative organisations for the actual training material.
1) The "Instruction Manual for Braille Transcribers," which
is a publication of the Library of Congress, National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
(NLS).
2) The "Clusters" series developed by the Texas School for
the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI).
3) The "Fingerprint" braille learning course, designed by
the late Nigel Berry, now supplied by the Royal National
Institute for the Blind in the United Kingdom.
George Bell.
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