[blindlaw] re presentations - notes

[Denise Avant]

hello,
A lot will depend on how familiar and comfortable you are with Braille. If you have a good memory and do not want to use index cards, you can outline your presentation in Braille on regular size paper.

On Jul 30, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Paul Harpur wrote:

> I lecture at university and I use a laptop with some notes on it and have a
> headphone in.  
> I know one prof who is blind uses braille notes.
> Another at conferences has his wife read his speech onto tape and just
> repeats it while listening.  I tried that a few time with speeches at home
> but I found it was very hard to have emotions etc.  For conferences I just
> memorize the speech.  it is harder but looks very impressive.
> Oh, a lawyer I know uses braille for some court work but needs a laptop for
> making notes for cross examination.  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Farber, Randy
> Sent: Sunday, 31 July 2011 1:46 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] re presentations - notes
> 
> I use braille on index cards.  I have also seen others use a small note
> taker, 18 braille cells.
> 
> Randy 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 8:11 AM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindlaw] re presentations - notes
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I wondered if anyone here could suggest a helpful method of making speaking
> notes, for use in presentations. Is braille the best way, or do others have
> other suggestions?
> 
> I do not think laptop notes would be suitable as queues.
> 
> Your help on this would be great.
> 
> Ger
> 
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