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This is interesting!

How about a Braille Sense machine with a UK Book Sense subscription?

https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/how-do-i-download-books-braille-sense

There are lots of resources for Ancient Greek:

https://www.bookshare.org/search?keyword=ancient+greek

I haven't recommended this so you will need to look into it but it may do the trick! 

Good luck! 

Kind regards, 

John Hodgson
Study Needs Assessor 


Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 09:32:11 +0000
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Subject: Re: Ancient Greek for blind student (Braille or JAWS)
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Hi

I would check whether braille versions exist already, starting with

http://www.rnib.org.uk/services-we-offer-reading-services/rnib-reading-libraries

they certainly have translations eg

1.

The Odyssey / translated by Walter Shewring with an epilogue on translation ; introduced by G. S. Kirk. 


Author: Homer.
Subjects: Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English; Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Poetry
Summary: After the fall of Troy, Odysseus sets sail for his island Kingdom of Ithaca, but his voyage will take ten years. He has to face many dangers: the one-eyed giant; an enchanted island; sirens who lure sailors to their death; and even the underworld and the dead Greek heroes. And all the dead Greek heroes. And all the time, his wife and son are waiting for him to come and help them face the men who have invaded their home.
Add to request list 

2.

The Odyssey of Homer / retold by Barbara Leonie Picard ; illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. 


Author: Picard, Barbara Leonie.
Subjects: Epic poetry, Greek; Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Poetry
Summary: After the fall of Troy, Odysseus sets sail for his island Kingdom of Ithaca, but his voyage will take ten years. He has to face many dangers: the one-eyed giant; an enchanted island; sirens who lure sailors to their death; and even the underworld and the dead Greek heroes. And all the time, his wife and son are waiting for him to come and help them face the men who have invaded their home.
Add to request list 

3.

Reading Greek Grammar, vocabulary and exercises / Joint Association of Classical Teachers. 


Subjects: Greek language -- Grammar
Summary: The aim of this text is to enable students to read fifth- and fourth-century Attic Greek, Homer and Herodotus, with some fluency and intelligence in one to two years. The main medium of learning is a continuous, graded Greek text, adapted from original sources, coupled with a grammar, vocabulary and exercise book which runs in phase with the text.
Add to request list 

 

 

Good luck with this

 

Deborah Gibberd

 

Inclusive Practice Manager

Disability and Dyslexia Team

Checkland Building

Falmer

Brighton BN1 9PH

 

01273 643384

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Natalya Dell
Sent: 31 March 2015 21:35
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Subject: Ancient Greek for blind student (Braille or JAWS)

 

I have a blind student who has to take some Ancient Greek modules for their course in some months time - but I need to ensure we have prep time before asking the academic department to do potentially significant work.

 

I've done a bit of Googling and hit some ideas but they're vague in implementation terms and about 3-4 years out of date at best.  I'd rather not bother the kind blind folk who've written webpages and info till I've checked everywhere else first.

 

Does anyone here have recent experience or knowledge of how one gets Ancient Greek text into some format that a blind user can access either via a braille-form (probably on a braille strip, but hardcopy braille could be done if nothing else is good) or via JAWS?

 

Any thoughts or ideas welcomed on or off list.

 

Thanks.

 

Natalya

 

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