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Braille Resources for Foreign Language Learners (self.Blind)
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CloudyBeep 5 points 3y ago
There are essentially three ways to write French braille:
• using English punctuation symbols and numbers but French accents
• uncontracted French braille, using the French symbols for punctuation and numbers (called "braille intégral")
• The fully-contracted form of French braille, which I think has many more contractions than the 180 in UEB (called "braille abrégé")
This organisation offers a correspondence course in braille. https://www.avh.asso.fr/fr/vos-besoins-nos-activites/apprendre-le-braille This page is in French, so if you would like to read it in English, copy the URL into Google Translate, which will offer a translation of the webpage into English.
• using English punctuation symbols and numbers but French accents
• uncontracted French braille, using the French symbols for punctuation and numbers (called "braille intégral")
• The fully-contracted form of French braille, which I think has many more contractions than the 180 in UEB (called "braille abrégé")
This organisation offers a correspondence course in braille. https://www.avh.asso.fr/fr/vos-besoins-nos-activites/apprendre-le-braille This page is in French, so if you would like to read it in English, copy the URL into Google Translate, which will offer a translation of the webpage into English.
BlindGuyNW 3 points 3y ago
Thank you. :-) This looks promising.
AmAsabat 1 points 3y ago
Basic French Braille is almost identical to uk/us braille. When you get into it though it’s much more highly developed than the child versions with a lot of French specific contractions. Where to start depends on your proficiency in either Braille or French. If you are a very confident Braille user and have a good command of French language it’s not hard to dive straight in with a dictionary for the contractions you don’t know.
CloudyBeep 1 points 3y ago
Most punctuation is different. Numbers are shown differently. Only letters and things like the capital letter, comma and full stop/period are the same.
AmAsabat 1 points 3y ago
I’m going to disagree there are very few punctuation marks that are different from SEB, the RNIB explainer does a good job of setting out all the differences. https://www.rnib.org.uk/sites/default/files/using_the_braille_french_code_2007_tc20909.pdf
CloudyBeep 1 points 3y ago
Yes, but that's not French braille—that's how you'd write French based on SEB (or UEB nowadays). OP was specifically asking about actual French braille, which is different. You cannot show French braille based on UEB using screen readers, which is what OP wanted—you can either have completely English braille or completely French braille. I'm a native English speaker who's borrowed braille books in French from French libraries for the blind, so this is something I actually know about.
Edit: Sorry if you're from a French-speaking background. I did not mean for this post to be offensive.
Edit: Sorry if you're from a French-speaking background. I did not mean for this post to be offensive.
KillerLag 2 points 3y ago
You'll probably have to contact the country that uses the Braille language you want to learn. The French language code used in the UK is a simplified version of the French version from France.
8i8oio -2 points 3y ago
Braille was invented by young Louis Braille, in France!!!! I have a book about him. So I’m sure you’re on a great track and it might even be easier to learn than you think!!! Good luck!!!!
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