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Reading for Blind

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The summary

Our presentation

• Our theme

• Why we have chosen it

What we did

• Our visit to the library

• Our interviews at the city René Pellet

What we have concluded

• What we conclued

We are very proud to

introduce to you this project

because we have set in all our

energy.

Thanks to Comenius , who has

allowed us to meet other

students from different

countries, and also for

allowing us to do research on

a very exciting topic ! A big

thanks to M.Buland !

Clara , Jamila , Nour , Sorenza

and Alec

Our theme : Talking about people who can’t read

like us …

Why did we chose this topic ?

Well, it's because we thought this theme very exciting and

because we didn’t know a lot of things about it … So it was an

opportunity to learn a lot of new things .

Our visit to the Library For more information, we went to “ La mediatheque du 8ème “ a public library

situated not far from our school in our district . In Lyon , there are about ten public

libraries , one in each district . Six of them have a section for visually-impaired or

blind people .The central Library in La Part Dieu , in particular , is equipped with

several computers and very modern equipment like braille display , which use very

sophisticated software .

Eigth District’s Library Library «La Part Dieu »

There we met a liberian who showed us books

in braille language :

There are more books for child than books for adults , so

adults have to listen their books on CDs . Books in braillle are

very expensive and they are more big than normal books .

The assistant also showed us a room equipped with computers

adapted for partially-sighted people .

He showed us recorded books on

CD :

At the City René-Pellet :

We met visually impaired students

ans interviews them :

We ask them some question like :

It is your font size ?

Do you use special software?

Do you like to reading ?

What do you like to read?

Are you in the boarder Cite Rene Pellet?

Ect …

Their tools :

Writing machine It is very seldom used because few pupil cornbread the Braille letter

Specialized

keyboard This is a keyboard connected to the computer again it is little used

Magnifying glass Magnifiers allow students to read "normally"

What we conclued :

Reading is not just enjoying a story in a book or an article

in a magazine ….Reading is everywhere in our lives , at

home in the morning when the coffee machine tells us

on its screen is ready to make an expresso , or on the

metro , when the screen of our mobile informs us of a

message .

In fact reading is an essential part of our everyday life ,

wherever we are : -at home , at work , in the street , in

shops …..

More …

That is why it’s necessary in modern society to make things as easy

as possible for partially-sighted or blind people , so that they may

have a normal life.

The first difficulty partially-sighted people have to have to face

when they leave home is transport , how they can get to their

destination . In the Lyon streets most crossroads are equipped with

sound signals , which are auditive messages . At metro stations the

buttons in the lifts are in two languages , in letters and in braille . In

shops , more and more products are packagesd with braille signage

on them .

The End

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