Braillists events over the next week

We hold all our calls on Zoom. You can join any of our calls using this link.

Or you can join by phone: UK phone number: 0203 481 5240 or consult this list for a telephone number in your country.

Meeting ID: 227 981 901

Schedule:

• Braille for Beginners, Mondays at 19:00 BST (18:00 GMT)
• Clever Cooking, Wednesdays at 18:00 BST (17:00 GMT)
• Stay Safe: Stay Connected, Fridays at 18:00 BST (17:00 GMT)

This Evening, Batch Cooking

Although Emma is taking a break, our clever cooking sessions are continuing to run by popular demand!
This week, Ben and Liam will be taking over the Braillists kitchen, talking about batch cooking.
Do you ever find yourself too busy or tired to cook in the middle of the week?
Cooking large quantities of food at the weekend, and freezing portions for future consumption could well be the answer!
Ben and Liam will be discussing simple recipes that scale and freeze well, as well as adaptations you can use to make a variety of dishes from one simple recipe.
Join us in the Braillists kitchen to share hints, tips and recipes with our friendly group.

This Friday, BrailleCast live: Robert Englebretson

Join us as Robert Englebretson, professor of linguistics at Rice University in Houston, Texas, records a special live edition of our BrailleCast podcast.
Robert has been internationally recognised for his work updating and completing the Braille version of the international phonetic alphabet, a system for transcribing the pronunciation of words accurately. Print IPA uses a combination of Latin, Greek and special characters to transcribe every single sound the human mouth can produce. Until Robert’s work, however, the Braille IPA code was incomplete and out to date.
The lack of a workable Braille IPA code put blind students and professionals at a considerable disadvantage. In diverse fields from scientific linguistics to speech and language therapy or performing arts, the IPA is essential for understanding the sounds of language, and often the only way to understand the pronunciation of a word without hearing a native speaker.
Over the course of the hour, we’ll be talking to Robert about his work completing the Braille IPA code, the importance of specialised Braille codes to blind students and professionals and his research interest in braille reading and writing from the perspective of the cognitive sciences.
If you are unable to make the live recording, you can email any questions for Robert to help@braillists.org and listen to the recording at www.braillecast.com when it goes live.
We found this video useful in giving a fuller overview of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Although the video is not fully described, the presenter goes over the table he mentions line by line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uZam0ubq-Y

Next Monday: THE and ING in Braille for Beginners

We’re opening Fingerprint volume 4 for the first time in this session, starting with the signs for THE and ING.