Learning Braille As An Adult. My Story
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- How long does it take for an adult to learn braille? Compared to a child learning it, it can take a bit longer if you’re an adult.. That being said, it’s not impossible. You just need to take the time, and have a little bit of patience along the way.
I took my first braille lessons in 2019, and while it was a slow process for me, it was also a start and stop process as well. It had its ups and downs, and I thought I’d share my own journey into learning braille since everyone’s journey is different.
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Early experiences
0:59 Learning Grade 1/the alphabet
1:59 Learning Grade 2
2:10 Contractions
3:21 Practicing braille
5:37 Thank you's
6:09 Writing braille
6:33 Advice to those wanting to learn
7:08 Conclusion
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Thank you for sharing. I learned how to read and write Braille when I was a child and to be honest, I think that I already forgot almost everything. I know, I need to practice it again.
Thanks for making this Juan!
Thanks Noah. This one was a few months in the making.
Thanks so much for this video, Juan. I am in my 70's and I learned Braille a few years ago through Hadley (online and free). It is an excellent course. Upon completion, I read a dozen or so children's books for practice and then frankly got bored with that type of reading. My problem, even today, is that I have difficulty reading regular braille material on 2-sided pages and paragraphs so close together. I have since put braille away except for reading signs and labels occasionally. You have encouraged me to try again though. I will be looking for Roberta Becker's book and see if I can increase my speed and my endurance. Thanks!
Thank you for saying that it’s sparked the thought of wanting to continue. Yes, going from double to single spaced braille can feel like the training wheels are off, but it’s still definitely a slow going process. Wishing you the best of luck in resuming your braille reading.
@@JuanAlcazar - I am curious to know how you obtained a copy of Roberta Becker's book. I have been searching and the braille libraries do not seem to have it (or I have not identified it properly for searches) and the only place I found that claims to have it has a sticker price of hundreds of dollars. I haven't given up yet, though. BTW - I can read single space, double-sided braille, but the pace is agonizingly slow. I need practice!
GO to the website actualtactuals.com. There’s actually some newer books that also contain beginner lessons in them too. The one I referred to in the video is now about 3 years old or so. I would look around on that site to see if you run into a book you like.
I’m learning grade two braille and have taught myself braille music and trying to teach myself Nemeth or math braille. I have both a braille display and Perkins braille typewriter. I’m at the point where I’m working on composing music through braille and writing stories in braille. I love it!
One thing I would note is that braille isn’t capitalized unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or referring to the maker of braille.
That’s awesome that your skill level with braille is superb. Doing math or music in braille are both uncharted territory for me. Also, yes, I later found out about not capitalizing braille unless referring to Louis Braille.
Hey, this is neat!
Most courses do not have practice Braille, which ia a bummer.
I am relearning with Braille myself.
Wishing you the best of luck. It’ll just take a little patience to get used to it.
I’m working on green eggs and ham right now.
It’s actually a good book to practice with. A lot of children’s books can be good teaching tools.