[blindkid] Natural Reader 9.0 and shoe tying

[Merry-Noel Chamberlain]

Great idea!!!  




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From: Deborah Kent Stein <dkent5817 at worldnet.att.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 8:04:56 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Natural Reader 9.0 and shoe tying



Hi, Amber.

I also had quite a hard time grasping the concept of tying a bow - I'm blind from birth - and I recall a breakthrough when my grandfather explained that I should make two loops, like two bunny ears, and then tie them in a knot. It worked, and later I somehow mastered more sophisticated methods.  I once taught a blind teen to tie a bow by using heavy cord, something like macrame cord, and tying bows on the back of a chair.  With the thick cord it was easier for him to figure out what was going on.

Hope this helps!

Debbie


----- Original Message ----- From: "Amber Hall" <ahall238 at yahoo.com>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:00 PM
Subject: [blindkid] Natural Reader 9.0 and shoe tying


> Hello,everyone! I had a question about shoe tying. My daught has had a
> really hard time tying her shoes. She'll be 8 in November, and she
> can't seem to get past the crossing them over and tightening them up.
> I've tried a shoebox with a shoe string laced on it. I've tried her
> sitting on my lap. And so far nothing has helped. Can anyone give me
> some tips or help me with this problem?
> I also wanted to ask if
> anyone knew anything about the Natural Reader 9.0 text to speech
> program. They are wanting to put that on the computer my daughter uses
> at school. I don't really know too much about that kind of thing. But
> when I googled it the info. I read didn't really impress me. If anyone
> has any good or bad things to say about Natural Reader  or reasons why other programs would be better let me know. Thank You so much.
> 
> 
> 
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