Thank you for making this video. My son is legally blind and has used Braille for 11 years. I have always planned to learn it, but have never taken the time to learn it until now. I was also wondering about the Harley, but after hearing your description I saw it right away. Thanks again.
To clarify the issue about whether to call people with little or no vision, the correct term is indeed "visually impaired. It's used to describe any person who has impaired vision. Saying "vision impaired", would be used in the following sentence:
@coloursoflilies, I use certain commands that work with my screen reader. For instance, for headings, I press the letter h. For links, I press Insert, hold it down, and tap f7. When I'm reading the comment section, I go to the all comments heading, and down arrow through the list. Does that make sense? I could also help you with your Braille, if you wish. By the way, I love your user name.
@coloursoflilies, this person was probably using a screen reader. I am totally blind myself, and also use one. It is called Jaws, and reads everything on a computer screen. Feel free to ask me anything you might be curious about. That goes for anyone.
@smileissweet39 I know these software exist, however I've never used them. So if a page has a huge amount of words, for example a news site, or youtube comment section, how do you choose which part you want to listen to? Or do you have to listen through everything and try to find the part you want?
@FaintingmAchine Hi screen readers have their own special keystrokes as a totally blind person I use voice over on apple mac it has keystrokes for finding different links and parts and so on when using webpages word documents pdf media players etc.
@gktmdqja The Harley is a poorly done symbol. That is supposed to be a biker with his arms outstretched towards the handlebars but it didn't come out too well. A better representation of that symbol can be seen in the Grade 2 Braille [1/7] video at 9 mins and 10 seconds. Hopefully that Harley rider will make it easier to remember the h cell.
it's vision impaired and not visually impaired, please correct this please. I don't think I look worse than any other person out there, call me politically correct if you like, but I'm a totally blind person and I find the word visually offensive, it suggests I'm offensive to even be looked at by people with any vision. I will say this is a good video however, and the explanation of w is correct.
@InOneLesson thanks for this I read the description using a screen reader called voice over which comes with every apple mac, windows has jaws, n v d a and window eyes. Extremely useful devices these screen readers, they come with special keystrokes allowing us to navigate everything from webpages to documents to media players and so on.
@steventaylortteca Sorry if this seems rude, but about the "vision impaired" and "visually impaired" issue, well you're referring to the description box right? I'm just really really curious as to how you can read the description box since you say you're a totally blind person. Don't take this the wrong way. I'm just really genuinely curious because I think however you manage to do that is just amazing! Hope you reply soon.
@coloursoflilies the computer has a device that reads everything out loud so that they'll be able to hear every thing but i'd like to know how they know where to put the cursor to click though
@rayzerhi this is hard to explain but people like myself totally blind have to learn keystrokes associated with our screen readers, for example, apple mac voice over is a screen reader for mac and there are special keystrokes we learn to put the cursor in the right place.
@steventaylortteca at the blind school i work at they learn to use the keyboard to navigate around it dont read out loud the desktop only actual pages. but i understand now :)
@coloursoflilies voice over on my apple mac spoke the description I know it sounds politically correct but vision impaired is the term which is used and accepted these days, personally I prefer people to call me blind and have done with it.
@jcorlett you can't teach a blind person braille by just making them listen, a blind person has to feel the raised dots over and over again to learn, I should know, I read grade 2 braille as a totally blind person, I even use a braille display on my apple mac now days, it's brilliant, braille was and is the best invention for blind people ever.
@jcorlett You can't learn braille properly just from listening you must use your fingers and party sighted people can use their eyes as can fully sighted people.
@kazuma13 I've finished up the outline for the video so now I just have to clean up a few things and then I'll create the script, record the audio and sync up the slides. Shouldn't be too much longer. Hope it'll be worth the wait for you!
@InOneLesson it use to be that american braille and british braille were completely different, in that the grade 2 braille sells never use to be used as contractions or abbreviations in america but for punctuation marks and numbers, thank god, we now have a united braille standard, you may also like to know that 2 extra cells have now been added, and 8 dot braille which was originally called computer braille is often used now days.
@chickmagnet4626 that's a pretty good observation actually. Most sighted people can't read braille with their fingers, they are trained to use their eyes, this has to do with the sensativeness of the fingertips.
Thanks so much. I decided 10 min ago to learn braille to see what it looks like.I have a big memory, but more important, you made a perfect lesson, i know it by heart now!. Thanks so much
I love this video I am learning braille as I am going blind I posted this on my facebook page and want to share it with some of my friends parents who NEED to learn grade 1 so they help with their kids homework so Im going to post a link to this video on some parenting sites of blind kids
Great work, I kinda figured out there was a pattern from a-j and k-t while reading about braille on wikipedia but you have cleared it up so well, you made my day.
Excellent. My dad recently became totally blind without warning. He has been learning braille with cards I made for him. This will help me help him. Thank you for sharing. Great job!
@meemeekoeX Thanks for the comments, I'm glad this was helpful! The first punctuation mark is the comma, the apostrophe is just dot 3 raised. There is a great resource for braille punctuation at brl.org
@DarkQuietWyattON grade 2 is hard especially if you go blind later in life. I found it confusing and I was born totally blind. I use to get the st and the ch mixed up all the time. Took me 3 years to learn it properly.
@steventaylortteca I went blind. I was not born blind which has its good and bad points but grade two is still giving me fits. I have autism spectrum disorder as well so I don't have a lot of patience. It will take me much longer than 3 years I am sure but I keep plodding away. At least it is easy for us with things like JAWS than it was for people like Braille. I will admit to sometimes like to curl up under the covers and try to figure out what I am reading (still not expert at grade 1)
This was so well done. So informative. You've expertly explained what appears to be complicated into its fascinating and quite well-organized system. Thank you.
@MrGallagher Thank you, that's very kind. I hope to have Grade 2 Braille completed soon but it may be a little while. Its proving to be a little bit more difficult to simplify and consolidate than I had expected. Thanks for the interest.
This is absolutely fantastic! Your video makes braille a lot less intimidating to learn. We will definitely be watching this over and over. We are so impressed -- we had no idea you did this kind of thing. Thanks so much!
@mjwhite13 Thank you guys, I appreciate the comment. I'm glad this makes braille less intimidating, thats exactly what I was hoping for. It really is a neat system, and pretty easy to learn.
Fantastic! I have been struggling for a couple of weeks to understand Level 1 Braille, and you cleared it all up for me in one easy lesson. Thank you!
I want to learn something new every day. Even if I don't master it, I will have at least heard of the concept and will have a very basic understanding of it. This is an excellent video to teach the layman the basic concept of Braille. Well done.
Thank you for making this video. My son is legally blind and has used Braille for 11 years. I have always planned to learn it, but have never taken the time to learn it until now. I was also wondering about the Harley, but after hearing your description I saw it right away. Thanks again.
steffen1ish 2 weeks ago
I find myself learning braille and I don't even know any blind people. Odd.
MrFelcher09 1 month ago
You're an incredibly good teacher.
Draxelzs 1 month ago
To clarify the issue about whether to call people with little or no vision, the correct term is indeed "visually impaired. It's used to describe any person who has impaired vision. Saying "vision impaired", would be used in the following sentence:
"Jef's vision is impaired."
Visually Impaired: "Jef is visually impaired."
hawkinman18 1 month ago
"What do the symbols represent?"
-"EAT!"
"It is cat."
-"Shit."
Rammstein1234299 1 month ago
This is a really good and educational video, but I did find the story to not make sense and didn't help me at all.
enterthehatch2 1 month ago
ugh..more school..how did i get here...so boring..
KristenLovesHerMan 2 months ago
@KristenLovesHerMan I don't know how you fucking got here.
ConlangFan 2 months ago
nice.
makeiteasyable 2 months ago
i allready know braille ^^ i just havnt had to use it for like 5 years... i could never learn contracted hos :(
iSilvaWolf 3 months ago
i didn't memorise any of the abcdefghij gunkjunk.
jjovereats 3 months ago
Thanks! I am a quick learner and have memorized this in an hour.
shannonbriggs100 4 months ago in playlist More videos from InOneLesson
im blind :(
TheActionCupcake 4 months ago
me and my friend arent blind but we use braille as a code language for secret notes and stuff :)
DobbyIsAFreeHouseElf 4 months ago
@coloursoflilies, I use certain commands that work with my screen reader. For instance, for headings, I press the letter h. For links, I press Insert, hold it down, and tap f7. When I'm reading the comment section, I go to the all comments heading, and down arrow through the list. Does that make sense? I could also help you with your Braille, if you wish. By the way, I love your user name.
smileissweet39 4 months ago
Thumbs up if you want to learn Braille but you're not blind
xcalibur0645 4 months ago
This is excellent! I don't get Harley but the rest is so easy to remember!
I'm not blind but this is just so interesting and I really want to learn!
darkblackrose999 4 months ago
@coloursoflilies, this person was probably using a screen reader. I am totally blind myself, and also use one. It is called Jaws, and reads everything on a computer screen. Feel free to ask me anything you might be curious about. That goes for anyone.
smileissweet39 4 months ago
@smileissweet39 I know these software exist, however I've never used them. So if a page has a huge amount of words, for example a news site, or youtube comment section, how do you choose which part you want to listen to? Or do you have to listen through everything and try to find the part you want?
FaintingmAchine 4 months ago
@FaintingmAchine Hi screen readers have their own special keystrokes as a totally blind person I use voice over on apple mac it has keystrokes for finding different links and parts and so on when using webpages word documents pdf media players etc.
steventaylortteca 4 months ago
what is Harley?
gktmdqja 5 months ago
@gktmdqja The Harley is a poorly done symbol. That is supposed to be a biker with his arms outstretched towards the handlebars but it didn't come out too well. A better representation of that symbol can be seen in the Grade 2 Braille [1/7] video at 9 mins and 10 seconds. Hopefully that Harley rider will make it easier to remember the h cell.
InOneLesson 5 months ago 4
@gktmdqja win
ItsAnonymousGuy 2 months ago
Thank you for the video.
tartarus216 5 months ago
Hey, bump, bump, no bump, bump, three vertical bumps, four bumps in a square
TheSTARWARSFREAK1 6 months ago
thanks im not blind i just wanted to learn
Xxsmasherkid90xX 6 months ago
amen new new keybourd thank you
canissapien1 7 months ago
it's vision impaired and not visually impaired, please correct this please. I don't think I look worse than any other person out there, call me politically correct if you like, but I'm a totally blind person and I find the word visually offensive, it suggests I'm offensive to even be looked at by people with any vision. I will say this is a good video however, and the explanation of w is correct.
steventaylortteca 7 months ago
@steventaylortteca Thanks for the comment! I've changed the video description to "vision impaired" from "visually impaired."
InOneLesson 7 months ago 2
@InOneLesson thanks for this I read the description using a screen reader called voice over which comes with every apple mac, windows has jaws, n v d a and window eyes. Extremely useful devices these screen readers, they come with special keystrokes allowing us to navigate everything from webpages to documents to media players and so on.
steventaylortteca 4 months ago
@steventaylortteca Sorry if this seems rude, but about the "vision impaired" and "visually impaired" issue, well you're referring to the description box right? I'm just really really curious as to how you can read the description box since you say you're a totally blind person. Don't take this the wrong way. I'm just really genuinely curious because I think however you manage to do that is just amazing! Hope you reply soon.
coloursoflilies 6 months ago
@coloursoflilies the computer has a device that reads everything out loud so that they'll be able to hear every thing but i'd like to know how they know where to put the cursor to click though
rayzerTH 4 months ago
@rayzerhi this is hard to explain but people like myself totally blind have to learn keystrokes associated with our screen readers, for example, apple mac voice over is a screen reader for mac and there are special keystrokes we learn to put the cursor in the right place.
steventaylortteca 4 months ago
@steventaylortteca at the blind school i work at they learn to use the keyboard to navigate around it dont read out loud the desktop only actual pages. but i understand now :)
rayzerTH 4 months ago
@coloursoflilies voice over on my apple mac spoke the description I know it sounds politically correct but vision impaired is the term which is used and accepted these days, personally I prefer people to call me blind and have done with it.
steventaylortteca 4 months ago
@steventaylortteca Thank you for clearing it up!
coloursoflilies 3 months ago
The Library of Congress is stuck as to how to teach braille to blind people with just listening.
jcorlett 7 months ago
@jcorlett I would love to help. Let me know if you have a contact name or website that I could visit to get more information. Thank you!
InOneLesson 7 months ago
@jcorlett you can't teach a blind person braille by just making them listen, a blind person has to feel the raised dots over and over again to learn, I should know, I read grade 2 braille as a totally blind person, I even use a braille display on my apple mac now days, it's brilliant, braille was and is the best invention for blind people ever.
steventaylortteca 7 months ago
@jcorlett You can't learn braille properly just from listening you must use your fingers and party sighted people can use their eyes as can fully sighted people.
steventaylortteca 4 months ago
What does that brown shit has to do with a Harley?
ButSheSaidSheWas18 7 months ago
When will Braille 2 Be coming out?
kazuma13 8 months ago
@kazuma13 I've finished up the outline for the video so now I just have to clean up a few things and then I'll create the script, record the audio and sync up the slides. Shouldn't be too much longer. Hope it'll be worth the wait for you!
InOneLesson 8 months ago
@InOneLesson it use to be that american braille and british braille were completely different, in that the grade 2 braille sells never use to be used as contractions or abbreviations in america but for punctuation marks and numbers, thank god, we now have a united braille standard, you may also like to know that 2 extra cells have now been added, and 8 dot braille which was originally called computer braille is often used now days.
steventaylortteca 7 months ago
Love You!!!!!!
33sameer 8 months ago
at first i was like "its just a-j i can remeber that with out a story" and then i was like "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh its the shapes!!" = ) excellent vid!
chickmagnet4626 9 months ago
@chickmagnet4626 Thanks! My goal was to make the story memorable so I hope it helped!
InOneLesson 9 months ago
@chickmagnet4626 that's a pretty good observation actually. Most sighted people can't read braille with their fingers, they are trained to use their eyes, this has to do with the sensativeness of the fingertips.
steventaylortteca 7 months ago
Fantastic, your video is brilliant. You teach it very well. Thank you :)
NKelso 10 months ago
@NKelso Thanks for the feedback!
InOneLesson 9 months ago
Thank you for this! Cannot wait for your other videos!
brackenjo 10 months ago
@brackenjo Thank you! Grade 2 braille is coming soon...
InOneLesson 9 months ago
Thanks so much. I decided 10 min ago to learn braille to see what it looks like.I have a big memory, but more important, you made a perfect lesson, i know it by heart now!. Thanks so much
delphy13 10 months ago
@delphy13 Thank you, glad it was helpful!
InOneLesson 10 months ago
I love this video I am learning braille as I am going blind I posted this on my facebook page and want to share it with some of my friends parents who NEED to learn grade 1 so they help with their kids homework so Im going to post a link to this video on some parenting sites of blind kids
inmate223 10 months ago
@inmate223 I'm glad that you're benefiting from this video and want to share it. Thank you for your comment, God bless you!
InOneLesson 10 months ago
thanks for your dedication and love for the physically disadvantaged
TheNewtonAcademy 11 months ago
when are you launching the Grade 2 braille i could really use it
Genee012 1 year ago
@Genee012 I'm working on it right now and should have it finished soon. Maybe another month or two.
InOneLesson 11 months ago
Great work, I kinda figured out there was a pattern from a-j and k-t while reading about braille on wikipedia but you have cleared it up so well, you made my day.
pretendinglife 1 year ago
@pretendinglife Thank you!
InOneLesson 11 months ago
Excellent. My dad recently became totally blind without warning. He has been learning braille with cards I made for him. This will help me help him. Thank you for sharing. Great job!
lisapet47 1 year ago
@lisapet47 Thank you very much! Its heart warming to see comments like yours. I'm glad I could help you and your dad. God bless you.
InOneLesson 11 months ago
oh no! i just realized something! is the first punctuation mark a comma or an apostrophe? or both?
meemeekoeX 1 year ago
@meemeekoeX Thanks for the comments, I'm glad this was helpful! The first punctuation mark is the comma, the apostrophe is just dot 3 raised. There is a great resource for braille punctuation at brl.org
InOneLesson 11 months ago
@InOneLesson oh ok, i see. thank you!^^
meemeekoeX 11 months ago
@InOneLesson this is correct however blind people are usually taught the full stop or period mark first, then the , and so on.
steventaylortteca 4 months ago
i thought this might be too hard for me, but i feel confident that i can do this and get my boyfriend into it too!<3 the story really helped a lot.^^
meemeekoeX 1 year ago
i love it
curly101b 1 year ago
Great one is easy to learn. Grade two gives me fits
DarkQuietWyattON 1 year ago
@DarkQuietWyattON grade 2 is hard especially if you go blind later in life. I found it confusing and I was born totally blind. I use to get the st and the ch mixed up all the time. Took me 3 years to learn it properly.
steventaylortteca 4 months ago
@steventaylortteca I went blind. I was not born blind which has its good and bad points but grade two is still giving me fits. I have autism spectrum disorder as well so I don't have a lot of patience. It will take me much longer than 3 years I am sure but I keep plodding away. At least it is easy for us with things like JAWS than it was for people like Braille. I will admit to sometimes like to curl up under the covers and try to figure out what I am reading (still not expert at grade 1)
DarkQuietWyattON 4 months ago
This was so well done. So informative. You've expertly explained what appears to be complicated into its fascinating and quite well-organized system. Thank you.
By the by, when are the next parts coming out?
MrGallagher 1 year ago 6
@MrGallagher Thank you, that's very kind. I hope to have Grade 2 Braille completed soon but it may be a little while. Its proving to be a little bit more difficult to simplify and consolidate than I had expected. Thanks for the interest.
InOneLesson 1 year ago
I watched just out of interest and WOW it looks really easy!! Great upload!
sugarandpie 1 year ago
@sugarandpie Thank you!
InOneLesson 1 year ago
This is absolutely fantastic! Your video makes braille a lot less intimidating to learn. We will definitely be watching this over and over. We are so impressed -- we had no idea you did this kind of thing. Thanks so much!
Marc & Jenn
mjwhite13 1 year ago
@mjwhite13 Thank you guys, I appreciate the comment. I'm glad this makes braille less intimidating, thats exactly what I was hoping for. It really is a neat system, and pretty easy to learn.
InOneLesson 1 year ago
Fantastic! I have been struggling for a couple of weeks to understand Level 1 Braille, and you cleared it all up for me in one easy lesson. Thank you!
ronitravels 1 year ago
@ronitravels Thanks for the comment! I'm glad this was helpful for you.
InOneLesson 1 year ago
I want to learn something new every day. Even if I don't master it, I will have at least heard of the concept and will have a very basic understanding of it. This is an excellent video to teach the layman the basic concept of Braille. Well done.
pauswa1966 1 year ago
@pauswa1966 Thank you very much.
InOneLesson 1 year ago