Workshop 12: Dot 5 Words

Hadley presents Contracted Braille workshop 12, dot five words.

To begin, make sure you have your braille workbook with you. If you don't already have one, call Hadley at 847-784-2816, and we'll mail one right out to you. Now let's learn some new symbols.

Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. These symbols are called dot five contractions. These dot five contractions stand for the words day, some, time, and name. Dot five contractions are initial letter contractions made using two cells, dot five followed by the first letter or symbol of the word. Dot five is the middle dot on the second side of the cell.

Ed: Now that you've had a chance to learn a bit with us, we'd like to learn more about you, your name, email address, how you heard about Hadley, and your relationship to vision loss. Learning more will give us a better understanding of how to personalize Hadley just for you. And don't worry, everything you share with us online will be kept safe and secure. Of course, if you'd prefer to talk through these questions, we're just a phone call away at 800-323-4238.

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