Biblical Hebrew Forum

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FYI:

The Hebrew Bible (hardcopy) is available in Hebrew Braille and in  English 
Braille from: 
_http://www.jewishbraille.org/library_services/special_braille.html_ 
(http://www.jewishbraille.org/library_services/special_braille.html) 
They also have Lambdin's Introduction to Biblical Hebrew.

See _http://www.crosscountrysoftware.com/windows_blind.html_ 
(http://www.crosscountrysoftware.com/windows_blind.html)  re  accessibility 
of Online Bible 
for the visually impaired.

This is  from
_http://www.nfb.org/bm/bm03/bm0303/bm030309.htm_ 
(http://www.nfb.org/bm/bm03/bm0303/bm030309.htm) 
Hebrew Braille Translator Now Available:
The first comprehensive Hebrew  Braille translation software is now available 
from Duxbury Systems, Inc. The  translator works for both ancient and modern 
Hebrew and for Hebrew codes used in  both Israel and the United States. It 
must be used in conjunction with the  standard Duxbury Braille Translation 
Program and can accept files in Microsoft  Word. The cost of this program is 
$395, 
and it may be ordered from Duxbury  Systems, Inc., 270 Littleton Road, Unit 
6, 
Westford, Massachusetts 01886,  telephone (978) 692‑3000, fax (978) 692‑7912, 
e‑mail <_info AT duxbury.com_ (mailto:info AT duxbury.com) >, or Web site 
_www.duxburysystems.com_ (http://www.duxburysystems.com/) .


You might find this interesting (from 
_http://www.nextbook.org/features/feature_nemeth.html_ 
(http://www.nextbook.org/features/feature_nemeth.html) ):

How did you learn Hebrew Braille? 

When I was asked to proofread. The first book they put in  Hebrew Braille was 
the Bible. It was a long project, it spanned the 1930s and  1940s. Before 
that time, there were Hebrew Braille codes that were indigenous to  different 
communities, but in another community nobody could read it—America  versus 
France, or France versus Germany. Now there's a single international  Hebrew 
Braille 
code, used even in Israel. 

There was a lady in Cleveland,  her name was Mrs. Cole, who learned the 
Hebrew Braille code and transcribed the  Bible. And different people who were 
sort 
of knowledgeable proofread the  material. Now there's a problem with 
proofreading, because there are some  grammatical errors which are 
traditional and 
which have to be preserved. And the  question is: Which ones are Masoretic 
errors 
that have been around for thousands  of years and which ones are recently 
created by a lady in Cleveland? 

I  was familiar with the orthography. Even though I had no way of writing it, 
I  could tell if a word was spelled wrong. My father was holding a standard 
copy of  the Tanach, and I would spell word for word to make sure that every 
word in the  Braille corresponded. I didn't do the whole Bible, I only did 
the 
Psalms and the  minor prophets.