Greetings AI listers, Mobility International USA, a cross-disability organization, has published a comprehensive guide for accessing forreign language material as a blind or a low vision student. It is an Informational Guide on Arranging for Assistive Technology, Accessible Formats and Services in the Foreign Language Course. specific emphasis has been placed on Arabic, Chinese, Hindi/Urdu, Japanese, Korean, Persian/Farsi, Russian and Turkish. You can eather read the guide online, or download it as an audio, text, word, or a braille file.
The topics focus on the following areas: - overview of the foreign languages - case examples of Two students learning Japanese - availability of audio texts and players in foreign languages - amount and availability of foreign language braille materials - availability of large print books in foreign languages and tools for enlarging foreign language text - considerations unique to foreign language courses and finding qualified readers and scribes Just remember, not all the resources listed here are relevant for us. http://www.miusa.org/ncde/tipsheets/foreignlanguageandblind/infoguide Regards To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
