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Griffith, Georgia – National Braille Association Bulletin, 1983
Three short articles about music braille are presented for braille transcribers and teachers of the visually handicapped. The first article discusses new rules and signs added to the braille music code with the publication of the 1980 American Addendum. Examples illustrate key signatures, time signatures, accumulating arpeggio, doubling, and chant…
Descriptors: Answer Sheets, Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
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Roy, Gilbert W. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1974
A technique is described for teaching the blind to read and write Chinese characters through use of raised acrylic writing and the production of a concave impression with pencil or stylus. Other methods for teaching blind students to read are mentioned. (RM)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Chinese, Electronic Equipment
Tate, Barbara H.; Craig, Margaret – National Braille Association Bulletin, 1982
Designed for braille transcribers and teachers of the visually handicapped, this document consists of two short articles about textbook format braille. The first article describes some recurring print format problems and suggested solutions for dealing with them. Topics include special page numbering systems, the use of tab indexes, the preferred…
Descriptors: Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Wiedel, Joseph W. – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Reprint from "The Professional Geographer of the Association of American Geographers, v18 n3, 1966.
Descriptors: Braille, Exceptional Child Research, Instructional Materials, Large Type Materials
Berger, Allen; Kautz, Constance R. – Elementary English, 1970
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Educational Resources, Instructional Materials
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Thurlow, W. R. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
Braille code is difficult to learn and discriminate tactually. A new symbol set, C5, is based on the Moon system of embossed reading and Bliss symbols. Experiments with the C5 alphabet code, printed by a braille printer, showed that subjects found braille code more difficult to learn than C5 code. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Printers
Craig, Margaret – National Braille Association Bulletin, 1984
Designed for braille transcribers and teachers of the visually handicapped, this document presents two articles about textbook braille. The first article presents information on the various methods available for transcribing tables--the stairstep method, the keying method, and the linear method. The second article provides further discussion of…
Descriptors: Braille, Charts, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1986
This reference circular lists selected braille instructional materials and braille writing equipment and supplies currently available for purchase. A total of eight braille code books, seven instruction manuals for braille transcribing, and 17 instructional manuals for braille reading are listed. Suggestions are presented about braille instruction…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Braille
Miles, M. – 1998
This paper discusses the education of people with blindness in China and India prior to the establishment of formal schools for the blind. Key people who advanced the education of people with blindness are highlighted, such as missionary teacher Mary Gutzlaff, who integrated Chinese orphan girls with blindness into her school at Macau. One of the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences
Epstein, Betty L. – National Braille Association Bulletin, 1982
Three short articles about tactile illustrating are presented for braille transcribers and teachers of the visually handicapped. Some transcribers have been making tactile maps with water areas textured and land masses smooth; the first article reports on the confusion these "reversed maps" cause braille readers and gives additional tips…
Descriptors: Braille, Diagrams, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Burns, Patricia – National Braille Association Bulletin, 1983
Designed for braille transcribers and teachers of the visually handicapped, this document consists of three short articles about literary braille. The first article discusses the changes in the official literary braille code which became effective on October 1, 1980. The second article describes problems commonly encountered by students and…
Descriptors: Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Instruction, Guidelines
Brooks, Austin E. – 1982
The goal of this project was to devise new methods of producing tactile facsimiles of microscopic images for the blind and visually impaired biology students at the secondary and college level. The numerous raised-line images that were produced were assembled along with brailled and large print student instructions, audio cassette tapes describing…
Descriptors: Biology, Blindness, Braille, College Science
Kershman, Susan M.; Hart, Verna – 1975
A hypothesized hierarchy of tasks in the development of tactual discrimination (an essential skill for reading) was tested in 60 blind primary level children. For five braille and five Optacon (optical to tactile converter) sequences, Ss were asked to identify the different stimulus from the four presented. Scalogram analysis was used to examine…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
Kershman, Susan M. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1976
Provided in the second of two articles is further evidence of the validity of the author's sequence of tactual discrimination tasks for partial development of Optacon use readiness in young blind children. (IM)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education
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Dixon, Judith M. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Suggests guidelines for creating World Wide Web sites that accommodate those using speech or braille aids. Hypertext Markup Language coding should provide (1) one-column format rather than side-by-side columns; (2) stand-alone hyperlinks; (3) "ALT=" attributes for image displays; (4) text alternatives to images or image maps as links or…
Descriptors: Braille, Computer Graphics, Electronic Text, Hypermedia
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