[Blindtlk] [Blindly] [Blindly] brailling or typing?

Fri Jun 5 03:35:36 UTC 2015

A very interesting question.  My husband and I both come from military 
families.  I learned to type in ssixth grade and have been typing ever 
since, as well as using braille.  I am equally comfortable with both.  My 
husband learned to type in third grade, and the same is true for him.   Both 
have been part of our communication skils most of our lives.  And this was 
way before the term "keyboarding" was a term.

Judy

-----Original Message----- 
From: Szostak, Christine via blindtlk
Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2015 6:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] [Blindly] [Blindly] brailling or typing?

HI,
  The below post leads me to an interesting question. As I mentioned in my 
earlier post, I prefer typing over brailling,  primarily I think, because I 
can type much faster than I can braille, even with contractions.

  For me, the likely reason is that I learned braille around age 7 and then 
they stopped my braille reading at around age 9 since I had some ability to 
read print and my teachers wanted me using print if possible. Then in 9th 
grade I again picked it up, but just when needed since I still, at the time, 
had usable enough vision to see print. They figured it would come in handy 
if I ever lost my vision (which obviously it has since I did lose all of my 
vision several years later). However, in contrast, I began typing around age 
8 or 9 and have consistently been typing ever since.

  Ok, after all of that:), here is my question, or more of a discussion 
starter than an actual question. I can not help wondering if the likelihood 
that people prefer braille over typing or typing over braille is based on 
how long they have used it. For example, in the message below the preference 
is for braille and braille has been used consistently from an early age 
whereas my case is very inconsistent between typing and braille (I actually 
have typed for a much larger chunk of my life than brailed) and I am a much 
more confident  typist.

  Ok, sorry for the lengthy message all!
Have a great evening!
Chris

Dr. Christine M. Szostak
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Social Sciences
Shorter University
Rome, Georgia
szostak.1 at osu.edu
cszostak at shorter.edu

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Coming in a bit late on this thread of per usual. But I'm a brailler  using 
a braille edge to write this post to you fine people.  Been using braille 
since the first grade.  I am mildly dyslexic  and no matter that I've been 
typing since the sixth grade and have put some serious effort into it, it 
has never and I don't think  will  ever be as intuitive as braille is for 
me. Because of course that's a very personal thing. The manner in which we 
choose !communicate with others.
Thanks!

Jack And Becky
Sent from my eye fingers :-)

On Jun 4, 2015, at 6:46 PM, Carly Mihalakis via blindtlk 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Good afternoon, Judy,

       Me too. In fact, as far as I'm concerned, that's the only braille 
that matters. If I mneeded all that new-fangled and in my opinion 
unnecessary tweaks with our beloved, code,  U At 04:57 AM 6/2/2015, Judy 
Jones via blindtlk wrote:
> For me, I am a fast typist anyway, but I can pretty much keep up with a 
> conversation if typing with a perkins keyboard, simply because of 
> contractions, single-letter words, and short forms.
>
> Judy
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Szostak, Christine via blindtlk
> Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 4:13 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Szostak, Christine
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] [Blindly] brailling or typing?
>
> Hi All,
> Interesting question. One I am actually kind of curious about too as I 
> wonder which is most popular among the blind. For me, typing because I  am 
> much faster so can be much more productive (i.e., my Braille Note is the 
> QTR. version by choice).
> Have a great rest of the week all!
> Chris
>
> Dr. Christine M. Szostak
> Assistant Professor of Psychology
> Department of Social Sciences
> Shorter University
> Rome, Georgia
> szostak.1 at osu.edu
> cszostak at shorter.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Devin 
> Prater via blindtlk
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 6:09 AM
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> Subject: [Blindtlk] brailling or typing?
>
> Hi all. I've been wondering, what do y'all prefer, using a braille device 
> or typing on a keyboard?
>
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