Deidre, Are you telling us that you do not see pictures on the first lesson of a Duolingo? I have been incredibly specific in my description but you are not understanding it.
> On Jan 19, 2020, at 9:04 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > Let's keep this thread on point, okay? > > I haven't tried using DuoLingo in over a year or so but when I last used the > app, I was confronted with photos, only, also. Now again, this was quite > some time ago so I will download the app and see what happens; with any luck, > I will be able to use the swiping gesture to select from the list of possible > choices. > > What I would really like is an app that would allow me to explore the grammar > of the foreign language as well as the vocabulary. > > I'm hoping that DuoLingo will work with my Braille display so I can at least > be certain of how a foreign language word is spelled. > > If I recall correctly, I attempted to use DuoLingo, last year, to explore > Japanese. My Braille display was useless as Duo did not use Romanji (Roman) > characters for the Japanese words. > > Spanish, however, should work well on the Braille display, I hope. > > Another option that seems to work well with my Braille display is the Kindle > app for iOS. This is to say, when I downloaded a Japanese language learning > book, I was able to explore the Japanese words on my Braille display because, > along with the Chinese characters, the book also used Roman characters for > each word. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'jan howells' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 3:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 01 Spanish Basics Lesson 1 Duolingo > > Penny, > > The accents are a bit eisier now to understand and write then > they were when I was in high school in the 702s. Back then, for > example, the accents were: for a, it was the of sign. e was the > the sign. i was the still sign. o was theing sign. And u was > the with sign. Now, you just put a dot 4 before the regular > letter that is accented. So a would just be a dot 4 and then the > a. This is how the Spanish books are now that they have recently > been revised bz Hadley. For my own notes, I used the old way, > just because that is how I was trained, and I am used to it. > That is why Spanish is always grade 1 braille, because of the > accents. I have seen Italian in contracted grade 2 braille. So > I do not know what they do for accents. I would like to learn > Italian. Funny thing, I am full Italian, yet no of my name shows > it, and I do not know any. My taste buds like the food, though. > My father's mother changed his last name when she remarried. My > mother's maiden name is Ciccone. It ended with an i, but when my > grandfather got here off of the Adriata ship, the customs officer > changed his first name to Joseph, and he removed the i from his > last name and put an e on his passport. He never knew it, > because he knew no English. I tease my family, because Madonna > has the same last name as my mother. I tell them that she is a > great relative relation to us. I do not know how to spell the > Italian name for Joseph. I know how to say it, but I do not know > how to spell it. My father's father had the same name. Joseph > is my brother's middle name. My mother's mother's name is my > sister's confirmation name. My father's real last name was > Caravelo. Too bad I could not get a discount to change back > since it was his last name. It is too expensive to change your > name legally. > > Love with every stop out, > > Chanah > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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