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Language learning when blind (self.Blind)
submitted by zersiax
I am working on a compendium of notes for blind people using screen readers.
I have looked at a somewhat large amount of languages and language groups over the last 5 or so years as well as ways to parse these languages as a screen reader user.
I've also looked into apps that work well, not so well, resources we have access to both legally and through somewhat blacker arts etc. and am considering putting the info outthere for people to use.
Languages I know of at least to some degree are Dutch, English, Spanish/Italian, Danish, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Greek and Mandarin. I also recently looked into IPA notation and other phonemic representations of sounds in languages.
I'm not going to explicitly link to language-specific resources unless they really add a lot of value for a screen reader user specifically, though.
I have two questions:
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\- Would anyone here be helped by such information?
\- Does anyone have resources, textbooks, quizzing applications for both phone and computer, language-specific tools and coping strategies, adapted resources etc. that I should absolutely take a look at?
I have looked at a somewhat large amount of languages and language groups over the last 5 or so years as well as ways to parse these languages as a screen reader user.
I've also looked into apps that work well, not so well, resources we have access to both legally and through somewhat blacker arts etc. and am considering putting the info outthere for people to use.
Languages I know of at least to some degree are Dutch, English, Spanish/Italian, Danish, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Greek and Mandarin. I also recently looked into IPA notation and other phonemic representations of sounds in languages.
I'm not going to explicitly link to language-specific resources unless they really add a lot of value for a screen reader user specifically, though.
I have two questions:
​
\- Would anyone here be helped by such information?
\- Does anyone have resources, textbooks, quizzing applications for both phone and computer, language-specific tools and coping strategies, adapted resources etc. that I should absolutely take a look at?
[deleted] 2 points 3y ago
A language learning program that is audio only bypasses the need to learn using a screen reader - not entirely useful when writing an email but useful over the phone when booking a table for a restaurant or phoning for a taxi - the $1 is available to download in a number of different languages and is free too
bradley22 1 points 3y ago
I’d use this for French.
Mokohi 1 points 3y ago
This Isn't much, but just an anecdote I can share. Back when I was in high school, I attended a boarding school for visually impaired and blind students. We had a program where Japanese foreign exchange students at a nearby college would visit us for a day or two each year. A girl named Natsumi taught us how to write our names in Kanji by borrowing my Math instructor's tactile writing board (I don't know the proper name for this board, sorry) and letting us feel and copy the symbols. I can see a little bit, but it was still very cool and it was very useful for my classmates who were totally blind.
zersiax [OP] 2 points 3y ago
That is really cool, thanks for sharing. The situation with blind learners and kanji is actually slightly complicated and is one of those things you either know and understand, or don't and are completely baffled by because it is not very intuitive for beginners :)
TLDR: Screen readers look at context to see what reading of a kanji to use and give that reading when outputting text, but that means you get completely divergent results when you go character by character, which you would normally do to see how something is spelled :)
TLDR: Screen readers look at context to see what reading of a kanji to use and give that reading when outputting text, but that means you get completely divergent results when you go character by character, which you would normally do to see how something is spelled :)
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