On FSCast 213, Dr. Robert Englebretson, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Rice University, discusses the Braille code for the International Phonetic Alphabet, why reading Braille is different than reading print, and his ongoing research about how Braille is taught.
Here’s a link to Dr. Englebretson’s home page,
And one to the Braille IPA specification, including the introduction by Martha Pamperin.
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