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Comment on Are books on college and university Maths and the natural sciences available in braille anywhere in the world? by Caligula

Caligula — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:01:59 +0000

If you attend school in the United States, your college or university will be required to ensure that you have textbooks in an accessible format. (The specific laws you’ll be depending on are Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.) You will not be required to pay more for your books than other students are, but you may not be able to keep them at the end of the semester. (I tend to think you ought to be, but sometimes schools borrow the texts to provide to students and have to return them at the end of the semester.) The schools have to pay to get the accessible formats — this can be as easy as having a publisher mail an electronic copy of the book or scanning a book without images, diagrams, columns, etc., and running it through OCR software, or as difficult and expensive as having a book with a lot of visual elements Brailled.

In many subjects, digital versions of texts are as accessible as Braille versions, but math, for instance, is one area where I don’t know anyone with experience who claims that there is any alternative to Nemeth Braille that comes close to providing the same level of access.

To qualify for accessible texts, you’d have to provide a copy of an evaluation, in English, explaining your need for the Brailled versions. That means that for people coming from many areas, the evaluation would end up being paid for here, and since most of us do not qualify for government-funded health care that’s a burden you might not have to assume if you want to study in some other countries. On the other hand, blindness is a lot easier (and cheaper) to establish than a number of other conditions that affect one’s ability to access print. So if you want to study in one of the above fields and you are already in the US or you can get to the US to study, there are at least options.
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Comment on How do blind people from Asian and Middle Eastern Countries read using braille? by vladwt

vladwt — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:31:59 +0000

Go Go Adebambo!
Yah Yah Dadamuga!
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Comment on How do blind people from Asian and Middle Eastern Countries read using braille? by Clare

Clare — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:57:59 +0000

There are many braille alphabets, designed for Arabic, Chinese etc. They are combinatory, just as we transliterate characters into pinyin for Chinese, so characters are transliterated into Braille.

Check out some of the details here:

http://www.fblind.org/eng/Arabic_Braille.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_braille
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Comment on Pokemon Ruby Braile Puzzle question? by Chris

Chris — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:30:59 +0000

The Sealed Cavern
To open the tombs of the three Regis, you must first unseal the Sealed Cavern.
To do this, capture a Relicanth to put as first poke and Wailord as your last poke. After you’ve done this, fly to Pacidflog Town, and surf towards the fast currents, staying low.

Eventually, you’ll find an area you can dive in, that the currents try to push
you away from. This can take some practice, but keep trying to make it into
that calm water area. Dive down and enter the Sealed Chamber.

Go to the back, and read to Braille wall. The wall will tell you to use Dig.
Use dig in the middle of the wall and a door will appear. Enter and read the
Braille on the wall there. There will be an earthquake and the game will say
something along the lines of "It sounds like something opened somewhere".

~!~Regirock~!~

Now that the tombs are open, its time to hunt down the first of three Regis,
Regirock. You remember the sandstorm area next to Lavaridge right? Go there. In
the Southeast corner of the desert, you’ll see a conspicuous mountain type
thing, surround by rocks. There will be a door in the large rock, enter. Read
the Braille and then go two steps to the right, and two steps down. Use
Strength. The Braille wall should open. Walk in a talk to Regirock to initiate
the fight.

~!~Regice~!~

Now that you have Regirock firmly in tow, time to head off and capture Regice.
Regice can be found North of Dewford. Surf to the left of your screen until you
find an island with a similar setup as Regirock’s desert tomb. Enter the door
and read the Braille. Read it again. Now wait. Patience is a virtue, and it
might take a couple of minutes, but the door will open. Enter, talk to regice
and prepare for battle.

~!~Registeel~!~

Registeel is, in my opinion, the most difficult Regi to find. First, you must
be at the entrance of the Safari Zone. Go to the left, and keep going until you
see a staircase. This will lead you into a rainy area. Once you’re there, you
can find the tomb where Registeel is located. Go in and read the Braille. Now
move to the center of the room and use Fly. The door should open.
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http://faqs.ign.com/articles/571/571941p1.html

Comment on Why is there braile in a drive thru atm when blind people can’t drive? by Benjamin55

Benjamin55 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:29:59 +0000

What would be the point in removing the braille if they make them all like that?
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Comment on Why is there braile in a drive thru atm when blind people can’t drive? by Ninja

Ninja — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:44:59 +0000

For a memorial to they who cannot see the error of their own way.
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Comment on Why is there braile in a drive thru atm when blind people can’t drive? by Grumpy Existential Realist

Grumpy Existential Realist — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:03:59 +0000

no it's not for the passengers. it's because ATMs are all manufactured the same, with braille. making special ones without braille is unnecessary, more expensive, and just more hassle. who cares if it's there?
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Comment on Why is there braile in a drive thru atm when blind people can’t drive? by David

David — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:33:59 +0000

ADA at its best I guess haha (american disability act)
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Comment on Why is there braile in a drive thru atm when blind people can’t drive? by Sean NYM

Sean NYM — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:07:59 +0000

for the passengers
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Comment on Is there a process or device that allows deaf and blind people to "hear" music? by Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:34:33 +0000

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