Activity
Braille Short Form contractions that begin with the letter “a” video
Sing along with these short form contractions!
In their video debut, Niki Rogers’ students created the Braille Alphabet YouTube video using the humorous ChatterPics software. ChatterPics added a whimsical ‘talking’ mouth with movements that correspond with the student’s conversation. These rockstars have just released their second video, Braille Short Form Contractions That Begin with the Letter “a”.
Short Form Contractions
Braille contractions are a shorthand or abbreviation for words or part-words, with the goal of using fewer braille cells. Short Form braille contractions are simply shortened versions of the word, usually involving the removal of vowels or other parts of the word. Example: The word “braille” has the short form contraction of “brl”. There are 76 Short Form contractions.
The video below is about the 15 Short Form contractions that begin with the letter “a”.
“a” Short Form contractions
“a” Short Form Contractions .docx
“a” Short Form Contractions .pdf
Navigating the “a” Short Form Contractions document
Your student can follow along with the video using a braille display paired to his/her favorite device.
Want to read these short form words using a screen reader? In order for a screen reader to successfully read the abbreviated words that make us the Short Form contractions, students need to navigate through the document letter by letter, so that each letter is announced.
iPad with VoiceOver
Open the document in your preferred app. I choose to open the PDF version in the Books app on my iPad.
- Using gestures with VoiceOver, set the rotor to characters and swipe down to navigate character by character
- Using a Bluetooth Keyboard paired with the iPad running VoiceOver, set the rotor to characters and use the down arrow to navigate character by character.
Mac with VoiceOver
Open the document in your preferred app. I choose to open the Word document in Word on my Mac. With Quick Nav off:
- Navigate by character: Right arrow (next character) or left arrow (previous character)
- Navigate by word: Option + right arrow (next word) or Option + left arrow (previous word)
JAWS on Windows laptop
Open the document in your preferred app. I choose to open the Word document in Word on my Windows laptop.
- Navigate by character: Right arrow (next character) or left arrow (previous character)
- Navigate by word: Insert + right arrow (next word) or Insert + left arrow (previous character)
Resource
- Well, Brl is My Thing!
- Braille Alphabet: Student-created YouTube video post
- Parts of the Perkins Brailler: Student-created video
- Celebrating White Cane Day!
By Diane Brauner
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