Grade 2 Braille [7/7 - The Final Video With an Example of Braille
Channel: In One Lesson
Date: 2011-11-15

We'll use everything we have learned to read a passage in braille. 

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Links mentioned in this video:

Online Braille Library:
http://s22318.tsbvi.edu/athcgi/athweb.pl?a=st&ci=EF&tm=1248287342&loc=All+Locations&jw=
(click the links at the lower right to see lists of the available braille files and then search by name)

The Bible in braille:
http://www.biblesfortheblind.org/brfdownloads.php

Download a Braille Font for your Word Processing Program:
http://www.gh-mathspeak.com/downloads.php
(I used the "gh SimBraille One font")

If you want to type in Braille, you can reference this page which shows you which keys on your keyboard relate to which braille cells:
http://louisbrailleschool.org/resources/braille/braille-font/

For a fun quick tool to type things out in Braille, check out this simple web-based program (click on Grade 1 or Grade2 at the top right):
http://www.mathsisfun.com/braille-translation.html

If you want to become certified as a braille transcriber, check out this web page (we have been working with Literary Braille):
https://nfb.org/braille-certification

Other Braille Resources:
http://www.brl.org/ 
http://blindreaders.info/brbooks.html
http://www.loc.gov/nls/
http://www.brailleauthority.org/ (the agency that decides the rules for braille and publishes the official rulebook: English Braille American Edition which is available online in various places)

(This video applies to brailled used in the United States.)