Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Sarah J. Blake" <sarah AT growingstrong.org>]

Hi, Richard.

I am copying the list on my response in case there are others who can 
benefit from this information.

I completed my M.Div. at Anderson University School of Theology; and we made 
some special arrangements for me to study Hebrew with private instruction 
since the textbooks were not available in accessible format. In the private 
instruction arrangement, I used alternate texts which were accessible. It is 
difficult to obtain texts in braille at this point, and my best 
recommendation is to work with the Logos program using version 3. If you 
have difficulty getting them to ship you version 3, let me know and I will 
try to assist you--they are sending visually impaired customers to me for 
assistance in learning to use the program. It may be possible to work with 
BibleWorks; but I cannot comment on its usability with JAWS.

For info on setting your computer up to use Hebrew or Greek with JAWS, visit
http://faith.growingstrong.org/languages.html

If you need technical assistance with this (or if you are using Windows 7), 
please feel free to drop a line for assistance.

I hope that in the future more Hebrew grammars will be available in 
accessible formats. There are very few transcribers doing biblical languages 
now, and Jewish Braille Institute is no longer putting out braille. I 
learned using a copy of Lambdin's text that I had to beg from JBI. I don't 
know how easily it can still be obtained.


Sarah J. Blake
Personal correspondence: sjblake AT growingstrong.org
http://www.growingstrong.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard watson" <richard.watson15425 AT gmail.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:58 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] learning biblical hebrew best technology


> Good afternoon listers,
> my name is Richard Watson. I am currently serving a presbyterian
> church as a lay pastor in the pcusa.
> Over the last year I have found an accredited seminary which will
> offer an online m.div degree. As part of this degree, I will need to
> take both greek and hebrew.
> I am visually impaired and use both a braille display as well as the
> jaws screen reader. I am interested in talking to people who use these
> kinds of technology for studying both greek and hebrew.
> Also what types of texts did you find helpful and how did you access
> them if they were in printed form?
>
> Thank you for any advice on thesematters.
> rick
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