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>Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 14:33:03 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5581 Languages for Visually Impaired
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>

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On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from Linda Jones <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:34:22 -0600 (CST)
> >From: Linda Jones <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Languages for Visually Impaired
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> There is a student at our University who is visually impaired and does not
> read braille due to problems with diabetes.  With that in mind, she is
> very interested in learning the Spanish language.  We are trying to
> determine how to go about teaching her since she will be unable to write
> the information or read the information with braille.  One thought by some
...> 
> Have any of you worked with students who were visually impaired?  If so,
> how were you able to help them out?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Linda Jones

Hi,
We use a Kurzweil Reader. It's eight years old by now, but it still does a
great job. I would imagine there are newer, more streamlined versions of
it by now.
Ed Dente

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Edmund N. Dente
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Tufts University                   [log in to unmask]
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