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Alphabets of disabled people

Learn Niessen alphabet online


In addition to the Lorm alphabet, many deaf-blind people also use other forms of communication such as the Niessen alphabet on the back of the hand.

Here you can learn the Niessen Alphabet online!



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Explanations:

Use of the tutorial:
  • you start the random query by clicking on [start query]
  • expand gradually the amount of retrieved characters
  • if possible answers without cheat sheet
  • drive with the mouse over the red or green keys, a tooltip appears
  • you can use the keybord too

Display of the Niessen alphabet:
  • Look at the back of the reader's hand
  • Dot: short knock
  • Line with arrow: stroking movement
  • Circle around hand parts: embrace

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