Learn Braille In One Lesson

Grade 1 Braille (now called Uncontracted Braille).

Braille revolutionized life for the vision impaired. Discover how this remarkable system works. This video will teach you the braille alphabet, numbers and punctuation marks which are found in Grade 1 Braille.

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Education

[gktmdqja]

what is Harley?



[InOneLesson]

@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.

[steventaylortteca]

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]

@steventaylortteca Thanks for the comment! I've changed the video description to "vision impaired" from "visually impaired."

[jcorlett]

The Library of Congress is stuck as to how to teach braille to blind people with just listening.

[InOneLesson]

@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!

[MrGallagher]

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?

[steffen1ish]

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.

[MrFelcher09]

I find myself learning braille and I don't even know any blind people. Odd.

[Draxelzs]

You're an incredibly good teacher.

[hawkinman18]

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."

[Rammstein1234299]

"What do the symbols represent?"

-"EAT!"

"It is cat."

-"Shit."

[enterthehatch2]

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.

[ConlangFan]

@KristenLovesHerMan I don't know how you fucking got here.

[KristenLovesHerMan]

ugh..more school..how did i get here...so boring..

[makeiteasyable]

nice.

[ItsAnonymousGuy]

@gktmdqja win