Today’s reading contribution comes from Nadine Berg from Germany. In her self-written text, she recounts her life in German, in which Braille played a formative role from an early age. It is particularly nice that the joy of reading aloud is also palpable in the text, and that in accordance with the content, she presents her contribution herself by reading it aloud.
You can find an English translation right here. And, as always, the German original can be found on our YouTube channel.
Translation:
This is a text written and read by Nadine Berg.
Today, I’m talking about reading aloud.
It’s impossible without Braille
This writing system fascinated me even in elementary school.
People read to me a lot, and I wanted to be able to do that myself as soon as possible.
Now I use Braille every day.
I work in a call center, and it’s helpful to be able to access information on the Braille display on my computer
while I listen to the caller.
But that’s another topic. Let’s stick with reading aloud.
I enjoyed doing this not only at school, but also in my free time.
At boarding school, I often had the opportunity to read aloud from books to younger classmates in the evenings.
Later, it was articles from a magazine that a friend of mine was interested in,
who had difficulty with constricted Braille.
Now I can also participate in a podcast.
Together with others, I read aloud texts written by various authors.
I really enjoy giving these texts a voice.
Advent is approaching and I will soon be reading from an Advent and Christmas calendar again.
I really like this time of year and hope that my listeners will feel some of the mood I am in.
Reading to myself and reading aloud are very important to me because I can better imagine and remember everything I have read myself.
Depending on what I am reading, it often feels as if I am part of the events described in the text.
Congratulations, dear Braille! Without you, I would not have had this experience.
Nadine Berg
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