http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/pod/braillebox Podcast Description Sep 19 2010 9:10 AM http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/pod/braillebox/BB EP7.mp3 Learn Braille Using The Braille Box: Episode 7, Lesson 6, simple punctuation marks, Today we review the capital, and we learn 5 basic punctuation marks that you would see in regular prose, such as the comma and the period. It's a short and easy way to finish up the tutorial. Thank you for listening to Learn Braille Using The Braille Box. I hope you have enjoyed it. I hope you're using it and applying it. And I hope you write to me and tell me about any success you are having with it. Or if you're not having success, I hope you'll drop me a note with suggestions for making future tutorials better. The email address to write to is given in the episode, or you can also find a contact form on my web site. Sep 5 2010 7:11 AM http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/pod/braillebox/BB EP6.mp3 Learn Braille using the braille ox, episode 6, Lesson 5, Letters U through z. In this episode, we finish up the alphabet. We talk about w, which doesn't fit neatly in the rules of the code. Then of course, we make two letter combinations on the braille box. Aug 30 2010 5:36 AM http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/pod/braillebox/BB EP5.mp3 Learn Braille using the braille ox, episode Five: Lesson 4, Letters K through T. Today we'll be covering 10 letters. You'll have no trouble with ten letters in one shot, especially since you've had 3 weeks or so to practice the first 10. Those will be important for learning k through t and u through z, which is one reason we spent two lessons on them. Once we've done the letters we'll use the braille box to make more two letter combinations as an exercise. This is the longest, most difficult lesson. After this it only get's easier. Aug 22 2010 5:38 AM http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/pod/braillebox/BB EP4.mp3 Learn Braille using the braille ox, episode Four: Lesson 3, Numbers and capitals This is the logical place to take a break from letters and switch to numbers for reasons that will become obvious. Remember, each lesson builds on the ones that came before, so hopefully you are well versed on the first 10 letters. Today we talk about two forms of writing numbers, and we introduce the number sign. Then we go on and talk about the capital sign for a bit which is really very easy. You'll get a chance to make both sets of numbers on the braille box, and I've left the capitals for you to do on your own if you are interested. Aug 15 2010 5:03 AM http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/pod/braillebox/BB EP3.mp3 Learn Braille using the braille ox, episode Three: Letters f through j This week we'll be finishing off the first 10 letters of the alphabet. Once we have that under our belt, we'll use both sells on the braille box to make two letter combinations. That way you can see the spacial relationship between dots from one sell to the next. All of the rest of the lessons build on the 10 letter combinations we are working with today. That's one reason why I broke them down into two lessons. You will give yourself a huge break on the rest of the tutorial if you practice up these first two lessons letters a to j and master them really well. Aug 8 2010 4:10 AM http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/pod/braillebox/BB EP2.mp3 Learn Braille using the braille ox, episode Two: Introduction to the braille box, and lesson one. Now that you have a braille box in hand, we're going to take a quick look at what id is and what id does. We're going to cover the dot positions. Then we're going to move on to lesson one letters A to E. Aug 1 2010 5:30 AM http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/pod/braillebox/BB EP1 introduction.mp3 Learn Braille using the braille ox, episode one: Introduction This episode is about how I started using braille boxes. It talks about the need to use what you are about to learn and discusses some ways that you can apply braille around your house simply and affordably. I'm assuming that you don't have a braille box and you'll need one for this tutorial. So I'm hoping to inspire you to run rite out and get one. vision aids has them for $12. Some one in the US must have them, but I did a quick google search and came up empty. If you'd like to own a complete copy of the tutorial and a braille box, I can sell them as a package for $20 US plus shipping to your door. If you already have a braille box or know where to get one, I can sell a complete copy of the tutorial for $10 US plus shipping. Or, you can stay tuned and get the tutorial for free delivered to your podcatcher. Please visit http://www.erik-burggraaf.com and contact me with your zip/postal code if you want to arrange a purchase.