Braille Sources
Books | Braille Book Files | Listserves | Calendars | Braille Items | History | Braille Bug | Tactile Coloring | Braille Instruction | Braille Is Beautiful | Braille Transcriber Training
ALL LINKS LISTED BELOW ARE EXTERNAL
Resources to learn more about braille!
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Iowa Braille School Book List - Books Featuring Characters
who are Visually Impaired
This list from the Iowa Braille School includes a picture book about Louis Braille.
Don't forget to check out the link to a list of downloadable braille-ready book files! (Thanks to Dr. Sheila Amato for this one!) - TSBVI Educational Book List
- International Braille Research Center: Electronic braille book library
- Bookshare
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) -
- WebBraille
- Downloadable braille files,
including braille books!
Speaking of downloadable braille ready files, here are some more from TSBVI! - Books/Reading
Emailing Listserv for B/VI
Readers, Braille Reading Pals and Slate Pals
The Books/Reading Emailing Listserv is dedicated to the discussion
of books as read by the blind and visually impaired. Topics include braille,
audio, large print, moon type, and other print alternatives; favorite narrators
and books; copyright and access issues relating to books and printed materials;
as well as anything else related to books by and for the blind and visually
impaired:
- Braille Readers are Leaders, Braille Reading Pals and Slate Pals:
- http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm08/bm0809/bm0809.htm
- http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NOPBC_BRL_Reading_Pals.asp
- http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/fr/fr14/Issue2/f140209.html
- Braille and Large Print Calendars: Start the New Year off right with a braille or large print calendar!
- NLS listing: http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/calendars2005.html
- Abledata: http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&top=13341&trail=22,13134,13340
- The American Action Fund: http://www.actionfund.org/br_cal.htm
- Bella Online: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art29624.asp
- Braille Bookstore: www.braillebookstore.com
- Independent Living Aids: http://www.independentliving.com/searchprods.asp
- SightConnection: http://www.sightconnection.com/lifmagbrailc.html (lifetime magnetic calendar!)
- Braille Fonts:
- Braille Merchandise: candy, clothing, gifts, and jewelry: Braille-A-Wear braille embroidered tee shirts, tote bags, hats, and bibs:
- www.braille-a-wear.com
- http://www.braillegifts.com
- http://brailleboutique.com
- http://www.futureaids.com
- http://www.blindbargains.com
- www.braillejewelry.com
- http://www.braillebookstore.com/
- http://www.braillestone.com
- http://www.brailleiant.com/
- http://www.roule.com
- http://www.brailleintl.org/wat.htm
- http://www.dvbny.com/Ranges/Scripts.htm
- http://www.jewelryshops.com/braille
- http://www.designsinbraille.com/pages/623830/index.htm
- http://www.braillejymico.com/menu.htm
- http://www.braillebookstore.com/Gift-Shop.htm
- http://www.sayinit.com/braille.shtml
- http://www.sightconnection.com/brailrininst.html
- http://www.netz-tipp.de/cgi-bin/newsgrabber/buechersuche.shtml?keyword=Braille Jewelry
- http://julieann.etsy.com
- http://shop.cafepress.com/braille?source=searchBox
- Chocolate Unlimited: www.chocunltd.com
- http://members.tripod.com/~Chocolates/tcgi.html http://chocolates.tripod.com/greeting_bars.html
- http://www.braillefactory.com/chocolate.htm
- Choco Braille Fundraising: http://chocolates.tripod.com/fundraising.html
- Driver Reads Braille License Frames: http://www.jacforvi.org/OrderForm.pdf
- michelleclyne@sbcglobal.net request from Michelle Clyne – Illinois Chapter of AER, if still available
- gaviprogram@mail.coe.fsu.edu request from Heidi at Georgia AER chapter, if still available
- History of Braille and other Braille resources:
- http://www.nyise.org/blind/barbier.htm
- http://www.brailler.com/braillehx.htm
- http://www.braille.org/#LIST
- www.everythingbraille.com
- Braillewriters throughout History at APH Callahan Museum: http://sun1.aph.org/braillewriters/index.html
- Dotless Braille: http://www.dotlessbraille.org
- English Braille American Edition 1994: http://www.brl.org/ebae/index.html
- International Council on English Braille (ICEB): http://www.iceb.org/
- Louis Braille's Vision: http://www.smart-glasses.org/louis-brailles-vision/
- UEBC Research Project: http://www.iceb.org/ubc.html
- Tactile Graphics Project: http://www.iceb.org/icetac.html
- National Braille Association: http://www.nationalbraille.org
- Braille and Transcription Services: http://www.blind.msstate.edu/irr/braille.html
- Resources for Parents about Braille:
http://www.afb.org/section.asp?SectionID=6&TopicID=97&DocumentID=12527)
7) Braille
Braille Bug®, an interactive learning place:
www.afb.org/braillebug
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/readingclub.asp
8) Braille
Coloring Sheets:
Crayola - Braille pages: http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/braille/
Five-Minute Introduction to Braille: http://www.dotlessbraille.org/Five.htm
Braille Flashcards: http://www.braillebookstore.com
http://www.cal-s.org
Braille Fonts: http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/fonts.html
Braille FUNdamentals Curriculum: http://www.tsbvi.edu/publications/braille.htm
Kester Braille: http://www.kesterbraille.com/
A rubric for braille reading: http://www.geocities.com/dmehlenbacher/rubric.htm
A program for teaching braille: Braille Instruction Resources from TSBVI:
http://www.econ.keio.ac.jp/staff/nakanoy/article/braille/BR/chap2/2-6/2-6.html
Braille Instruction Resources from TSBVI: http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/brl-resources.htm
Braille Reading Speed Measurement: http://www.szp.swets.nl/szp/journals/vi013131.htm
Braille Review: http://www.vhighline.net/braille/
Braille Reading Impact Study by Ruby Riles: http://www.braille.org/papers/jvib0696/vb960311.htm
Braille through Remote Learning (BRL): http://www.brl.org
Braillewriter Instruction:
http://snow.utoronto.ca/prof_dev/tht/braille/Lesson1/brailler.html
http://www.ed.arizona.edu/VILiteracy/Braille_Writing/Using
the Braillewriter.pdf
Bridging the Gap Braille Literacy Course for Adults (20 CEUs for ACVREP):
http://www.afb.org/btglogin.asp
Braille Technology Guides: http://www.csb-cde.ca.gov/Documents/technology.htm
http://cat.buffalo.edu/refreshablebraille/training.php
English Braille American Edition 1994: http://www.brl.org/ebae/index.html
Insuring High-quality Instruction for Students in braille Literacy Programs:
http://www.afb.org/jvib/jvibabstract.asp?articleid=jvib941102
New Programmed Instruction in Braille:
http://www.spedex.com/
Resources for Learning and Refreshing Literary Braille Skills:
http://www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=355
SEA/NASDSE Survey on Braille Instruction:
http://www.nasdse.org/forum_braille_survey.htm
Type Brailler Learn Braille Helps You Learn to Read and Write Braill
http://www.applevis.com/podcasts/episodes/type-brailler-learn-braille-helps-you-learn-read-and-write-braille
10) Braille Is Beautiful!
http://www.nfb.org/
11) Braille
Transcriber Training and Certification:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/textbooks/afb/transcriber.htm
http://www.accd.edu/nvc/
National Certification in Literary Braille (NCLB):www.nbpcb.org/nclb
12) Braille Transcription Bid Service – OcuBid
from OcuSource:
http://www.ocusource.com
...And don't forget the New York State Talking Book and Braille Library!:
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/tbbl/index.html