BRAILLE

brāl, in astronomy, a small asteroid notable because it has the same atypical geologic composition as the larger asteroid Vesta. In 1999 the space probe Deep Space 1 passed within 16 mi (26 km) of Braille's surface, the closest flyby ever of an asteroid. Braille measures only 1.3 mi (2.1 km) by 0.6 mi (1 km). Its orbit is highly elliptical; its periapsis, or closest point to the sun, being midway between earth and Mars, and its apoapsis, or furthest point from the sun, is more than three times further from the sun than the earth is. In addition, much of Braille's orbit is a considerable distance above or below the ecliptic, the plane in which the planets circle the sun. Because of its orbit and geologic composition, it has been suggested that Braille was torn from Vesta, which has a huge crater, as the result of Vesta's collision with another celestial body.

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books on: Braille  - 1167 results

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Reading by Touch
Book by Susanna Millar; Routledge, 1997
Subjects: Braille--Psychological Aspects, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Touch--Psychological Aspects
The complete braille cell from which the characters derive...threshold, the separation of dots in the braille cell borders on that limit. More important...appropriate measure for the legibility of braille patterns. The finger in braille is by...
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Directory of Distance Learning Opportunities, K-12
Book; Greenwood Press, 2003
Subjects: Correspondence Schools And Courses--United States--Directories, Distance Education--United States--Directories, Education, Elementary--United States--Directories, Education, Secondary--United States--Directories
...requirements to complete a course. Equipment Requirements: Braille and/or cassettes are furnished. Students must have...modified for distance education by Hadley. 1/2 unit Braille Braille Placement Test: This short test assesses ones grade...
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The Book of a Thousand Tongues: Being Some Account of the Translation and Publication of All or Part of the Holy Scriptures into More Than a Thousand Languages and Dialects with over 1100 Examples from the Text
Book by Eric McCoy North; Harper & Brothers, 1938
Subjects: Bible--Versions, Polyglot Texts, Selections, Quotations, Etc, Printing--Specimens
Ganda Braille Jn., Sermon on Polish Braille Lk. B Mount B Portuguese Braille Mk., Jn. A German Moon Gen., Ps., Goss., Moon Selections Gal.-Col., 1, Russian Moon Jn., Sermon on 2 3 Jn. A B Mount B Braille Bible A B Serbo-Croatian...
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Visual Egonomics [Sic
Book by Jeffrey Anshel; Taylor & Francis, 1998
Subjects: Computer Terminals, Eye--Protection, Industrial Ophthalmology, Vision
...speech synthesizers) and Berkeley Systems (outSPOKEN-screen access from Windows and Macintosh). Braille Access Braille access means using a Braille device to access the interaction with the computer. Braille is a different modality to get access...
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The Psychology of Touch
Book by Morton A. Heller, William Schiff; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1991
Subjects: Touch--Psychological Aspects
...REFERENCES Ashcroft S. 1959 . The IBM braille reader field test . Unpublished progress...DAlimonte G. 1985 . "A study of braille reading: 2. Patterns of hand activity...reading competence and passage difficulty in braille reading". Neuropsychologica , 18, 629...
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journal articles on: Braille  - 566 results

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Weygand, Zina. the Blind in French Society from the Middle Ages to the Century of Louis Braille
Journal article by William Paulson; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 39, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Blind in French Society from the Middle Ages to the Century of Louis Braille (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...the Middle Ages to the Century of Louis Braille. by William Paulson Weygand, Zina...the Middle Ages to the Century of Louis Braille. Translated by Emily-Jane Cohen. Stanford...the last years of the remarkable Louis Braille (1809-1952), whose contribution to...
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Learning and Using Print and Braille: A Study of Dual-Media Learners, Part 2
Journal article by Kelly E. Lusk, Anne L. Corn; Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 100, 2006
Subjects: Blind--Evaluation, Blind--Printing and writing systems, Blind--Usage, Literacy--Management, Literacy--United States, Reading and writing for the blind--Evaluation, Reading and writing for the blind--Usage, Visually disabled children--Educational aspects, Visually impaired children--Educational aspects
Learning and Using Print and Braille: A Study of Dual-Media Learners...children who are learning or using both braille and print simultaneously (dual media...literacy media to students who use braille and those with low vision, respectively...
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Braille Literacy Skills: An Analysis of the Concept of Spelling
Journal article by Vassilios S. Argyropoulos, Aineias C. Martos; Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 100, 2006
Subjects: Blind--Educational aspects, Blind--Printing and writing systems, Language skills--Management, Literacy programs--Social aspects, Reading and writing for the blind--Educational aspects, Spelling--Educational aspects
Braille Literacy Skills: An Analysis of the Concept...Martos Abstract: This article analyzes the braille spelling errors of 16 Greek students who...development of literacy by children who use braille and print is approximately the same (McCall...
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The Development of Phonological Awareness by Braille Users: A Review of the Research
Journal article by Martin R. Monson, Sandy K. Bowen; Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 102, 2008
Subjects: Blind--Practice, Blind--Printing and writing systems, Blind--Research, Children--Educational aspects, Reading and writing for the blind--Practice, Reading and writing for the blind--Research, Wellness programs--Usage
...Development of Phonological Awareness by Braille Users: A Review of the Research. by...development of phonological awareness by braille readers. The review determined that the...relationship between phonological awareness and braille is uncertain because of the lack of commonality...
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Technology and Early Braille Literacy: Using the Mountbatten Pro Brailler in Primary-Grade Classrooms
Journal article by Holly L. Cooper, Sharon K. Nichols; Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 101, 2007
Subjects: Blind children--Educational aspects, Blind children--Social aspects, Blind--Printing and writing systems, Blind--Usage, Children, Blind--Educational aspects, Children, Blind--Social aspects, Disability studies--Technology application, Reading and writing for the blind--Usage, Teachers--Training
Technology and Early Braille Literacy: Using the Mountbatten Pro...Abstract: This article describes the Early Braille Readers Project, which provided a Mountbatten...Agency, 1998). The use of alternative braille writing and technological devices is...
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magazine articles on: Braille  - 389 results

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Seeing Clearly Now: Inmates at the Delaware Correctional Center Train in Braille to Help Kids with Visual Impairments Learn, and to Gain Work Skills for the Outside
Magazine article by Eva Kaplan-Leiserson; T&D, Vol. 56, November 2002
Subjects: Braille printers, Prisoners--Training, Reading and writing for the blind, Vocational rehabilitation--Management
...Delaware Correctional Center Train in Braille to Help Kids with Visual Impairments Learn...graphics that the men have transcribed into Braille over the past 13 years in the "Men With...program. The inmates dont learn how to make Braille materials to acquire a job skill for when...
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American Popular Piano Repertoire Braille Edition-Prima Vista Braille Music Services
Magazine article by Joanne Haroutounian; American Music Teacher, Vol. 59, October 2009
Subjects: American Popular Piano Repertoire Braille Edition: Prima Vista Braille Music Services (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
American Popular Piano Repertoire Braille Edition-Prima Vista Braille Music Services. by Joanne Haroutounian American Popular Piano Repertoire Braille Edition--Prima Vista Braille Music Services, by Christopher Norton and edited by Scott...
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'Braille Is Beautiful'
Magazine article; NEA Today, Vol. 20, April 2002
Subjects: Blindness, Braille, Elementary school students, Maurer, Marc, National Federation of the Blind, Pilot projects
Braille Is Beautiful Looking for ways to help your...perspectives of those with disabilities? Braille Is Beautiful, a new program from the National...the Blind, could be just the ticket. Braille Is Beautiful is a flexible, hands-on...
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Death of Louis Braille: January 6th, 1852
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 52, January 2002
Subjects: Blind--Books and reading, Braille, Louis--Biography, Inventors--Biography
Death of Louis Braille: January 6th, 1852 by Richard Cavendish LONG BEFORE Louis...battlefields by night. It was this military system that Braille adapted for the blind. Louis Braille was born in 1809 at the village of Coupvray, twenty...
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Braille Bug
Magazine article; NEA Today, Vol. 21, November 2002
Subjects: American Foundation for the Blind, Braille, Web sites
Braille Bug The Braille Bug site teaches sighted children all about Braille and raises awareness for the issues that face Americas 10 million blind or visually impaired children and adults. Created by the American Foundation for the Blind-an...
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newspaper articles on: Braille  - 713 results

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World Braille Day
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 3, 2011
Subjects: Braille, Louis, Literacy
World Braille Day. As a reminder that Braille education is crucial to literacy and literacy is crucial to education, World Braille Day is observed on January 4. While records and tapes are enjoyable, Braille is essential for note taking and...
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L.A. Braille Rallye Builds Trust between Driver, Blind Navigator
Newspaper article by Mike Anson; The Washington Times, August 1, 1997
Subjects: Braille Institute
L.A. Braille Rallye builds trust between driver, blind...experience. We were car No. 3 in the annual Braille Rallye, a unique road rally in which the navigators are students from the Braille Institute Youth Center in Los Angeles...
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System's a Window on World for Blind; for Those Who Depend on It, Braille Offers Liberation and a Lifeline to the outside World. FRANCESCA CRAGGS Discovers More about the 190-Year-Old Invention and the Lives It Has Transformed
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), January 20, 2011
Subjects: Braille, Louis
...for Blind; for Those Who Depend on It, Braille Offers Liberation and a Lifeline to the...South Shields, South Tyneside, relies on Braille to enjoy her favourite tales. Diagnosed...she adjusted so quickly." Learning Braille at the age of four has not only enabled...
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Blind Navigators Use Braille to Direct Sighted Drivers
Newspaper article by Mike Anson; The Washington Times, July 30, 1999
Subjects: Braille Institute
Blind navigators use Braille to direct sighted drivers by Mike Anson...taste of what goes on at the annual Braille Rallye, an automotive event that teams...in sports cars with 50 students from Braille Institute childrens centers in Southern...
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Braille Class Enlightens the Sighted
Newspaper article by Jeffrey Bukowski; The Washington Times, April 20, 1996
Braille class enlightens the sighted by Jeffrey Bukowski Braille instructor Edith Parker makes it seem so easy. "Its...says. "Where music is based on seven basic notes, Braille is based on six dots and their placement." And with...
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encyclopedia articles on: Braille  - 9 results

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Braille
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRAILLE bral, in astronomy, a small asteroid...the closest flyby ever of an asteroid. Braille measures only 1.3 mi (2.1 km) by...composition, it has been suggested that Braille was torn from Vesta, which has a huge...
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Braille, Louis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRAILLE, LOUIS bral, Fr. lwe bri y , 1809? 1852, French inventor of the Braille system of printing and writing for the blind...time played the organ in a church in Paris. The Braille system consists of six raised points or dots used...
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Asteroid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...accomplished the then closest-ever flyby of an asteroid, coming within 16 mi (26 km) of the surface of Braille ; spectroscopic data suggests that Braille broke off from Vesta millions of years ago. See T. Gehrels and M. S. Matthews, ed., Hazards...
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Tatum, Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...pianist, b. Toledo, Ohio. Born with cataracts in both eyes, Tatum remained virtually blind for life. He read music in Braille, but his sensitive ear for music made reading almost unnecessary. Tatum, an unmatched piano virtuoso and brilliant improviser...
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Cardano, Geronimo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...book on games of chance represents the first organized theory of probability. Cardano described a tactile system similar to Braille for teaching the blind and thought it possible to teach the deaf by signs. See his The Book of my Life (1643, tr. 1930...
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