I used to have that book in braille along with an instruction book by Ruth
L. Something-or-other. Frankly, Grade 3 wouldn't lend itself to computer
translation as there was a fair amount of judgment involved in applying the
rules used to shorten words (leaving out vowels, omitting the final R E in
words like "desire" etc.).
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kane Brolin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [GWN] off topic a surprising discovery
Terri, when I saw your note, I became curious about this too. The
only reference whatsoever to Grade 3 Braille in Wikipedia was a very
obscure one which pointed to the idea that Grade 3 is never used for
publication, but only for people's private notetaking purposes. I
guess that since less than 10% of visually-impaired folks even read
Braille any more, the attention is now shifting just to getting Grade
1 and Grade 2 into people's heads so they can be functionally literate
on a baseline level.
I looked in National Braille Press' catalog, too, and found no
publications whatsoever about Grade 3. That was shocking. But I did
find the following book, which still appears to be available from
American Printing House for the Blind. It was mentioned in an obscure
posting on the Duxbury User Discussion List on Freelists.org:
Key to grade three Braille / by L.W. Rodenberg, director of printing.
Ordering Info
Regular print. 1 v. (112 p.)Catalog #: 7-65860-00 Price: $35.00
Braille. 1 v. (80 p.) Catalog #: 5-65860-00 Price: $32.00
American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort Avenue,P.O. Box
6085,
Louisville, Ky. 40206-0085 PHONE: (502) 895-2405,
Voice: (800) 223-1839
FAX:(502)899-2274 WEB ADDRESS: www.aph.org
EMAIL: cs
Description
Author: Rodenberg, L. W.
Note: "A revision of 'Alphabetical key to grade three,' (1926 edition)."
Note: "Based on the text 'Revised Braille for reading and writing, Grade
Three,' published in ink and Braille by the National Institute for the
Blind, London, England, 1908."
Note: "Embossed and printed for the Illinois School for the Blind,
Jacksonville, Illinois."
Isn't it amazing how far back Grade 3 goes? I'm rather surprised
about this. Just goes to show you how seriously people took it in the
early 20th century.
-Kane
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