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  1. AUDIO BRAILLE - SIX KEYS --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/96) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Audio Braille - Six Keys is a series of braille tutorial programs designed for use by sighted and visually impaired students. These programs use six of the keys on the Apple IIe computer keyboard to emulate a Braille writer. Instructions and feedback are given by a speech synthesizer. There are ten programs, including Contractions for Grades Two and Three, The Nemeth Code, and Pot Luck for Experts. For each correct respon...[More Information]

  2. AUDIO BRAILLE GAME TUTORIAL --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/96) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Audio Braille Game Tutorial is a braille training program to help teach braille contractions. The program includes seven games to practice the following contractions: short form words, one cell upper signs, lower whole word signs, two cell initial letter signs, upper whole word signs, and one cell lower signs. Stimuli can be presented either alphabetically or in random order. COMPATIBILITY: For use on Apple II+, Apple IIc...[More Information]

  3. BOBCAT --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 09/2008) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Bobcat is a tutorial program for sighted Braille transcribers. Bobcat covers the first ten lessons of the official Braille Training Manual. The program randomly selects examples, offers a prompting option, and carries a second-try feature. Bobcat uses the keys X, C, Z, J, K, and L on the standard keyboard to correspond to the six cells of Braille. COMPATIBILITY: For use on Commodore 128 and Commodore 64 computers....[More Information]

  4. BRAILLE ADVENTURE SERIES: BRAILLE HATCHERY & BRAILLE CONVEYOR --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 04/2009) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Braille Adventure Series is a series of braille training game programs designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision. These game programs are designed for use on the VTPlayer (see separate entry), a tactile electronic game device. The series is structured to encourage children to understand and learn braille. Beginners are guided through the process from pre-braille to advanced skills. Braille con...[More Information]

  5. BRAILLE TRAINER --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 01/93) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Braille Trainer offers transcribers-in-training programmed instruction, drills and feedback. Using the Apple keyboard in Braille mode, students can check their accuracy through back translation. The voice output version sharpens the brailling skills of blind persons. Braille Trainer is available in three forms. BTP with screen output only is $100.00. BTP with Echo/Cricket output is also $100. A BTP School Pack, consis...[More Information]

  6. BRAILLE TUTORIAL (BT) --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 05/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Braille Tutorial is a Braille training program designed to teach Grade 2 Braille patterns for individuals who are blind or have low vision or who work with people who are blind or have low vision. BT is a large character tutorial that presents Braille in a dozen of lessons, each consisting of text and tests. Feedback to answers can be immediate or provided after a time lapse. Different forms of testing include: pick the...[More Information]

  7. IBRAILLE Picture of IBRAILLE --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 10/2011) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- iBraille is a braille training program and braille translation program designed for use by individuals who have low vision or to teach sighted people who want to learn the braille alphabet. This program enables an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to display braille on the screen. The user types English text in the program’s Braillification Field, and iBraille will translate it into braille. The program also allows the u...[More Information]

  8. LEARNING TO SPELL BRAILLE SIGNS (MODEL SP3) --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 11/2007) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Learning to Spell Braille Signs, SP3, is a Braille training program that combines talking software with hard copy braille to teach student how to spell braille signs. There are nineteen lists of signs and each lists contains ten signs. The student can work on any number of signs within a list. The program comes with a print manual, double-sided 5.25-inch disk, a Braille student workbook and a recorded tour of the progra...[More Information]

  9. SAL SPEECH ASSISTED LEARNING SYSTEM Picture of SAL SPEECH ASSISTED LEARNING SYSTEM --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 1/2006) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The SAL Speech Assisted Learning System is a braille training device designed to teach braille reading and writing to students who are blind or have low vision. This device provides two basic learning modes, a study mode and an activity mode. The device is used with courseware that consists of data diskettes and corresponding braille curriculum worksheets. After inserting the data diskette, the user places a paper braill...[More Information]

  10. TEACH BRAILLE ---DISCONTINUED. (Verified 2/2009) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Teach Braille is a braille training program designed for use with Freedom Scientific's electronic notetakers (Braille Lite, Type 'N Speak, or Braille 'N Speak; see separate entries). This program supplies words to be spelled in Grade 2 Braille, checks the user's work, and reveals the correct spelling in case of an error. The unit also enables users to create 150 original Grade 2 Braille lessons and it supplies a few examp...[More Information]

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