[Blindtlk] The Future Of Braille

[Jude DaShiell]

No impact on family life, I was the only braille user in the family.  I 
started learning braille back in 1959 at age 5.  As a result of having 
learned braille, I got employment as a computer programmer and worked 
for Department Of Defense for 25 years.  I do reading of magazines and 
books with braille and take notes on Linux and other arcane subjects of 
interest such as Astrology; Tarot, and Numerology and it helps me with 
documenting calculations in these areas of interest.  Charts and tables 
are lots easier to analyze with braille than without.  Without more 
support for stem-related professions the future of braille is likely to 
fall short of potential.  I'm not certain any of the advanced braille 
codes are as optimal as they otherwise might be either.  For 
optimization to happen time and motion studies as well as cryptographic 
studies are going to have to get together.  Time and motion is really 
important since it's not even correct to talk about braille without 
taking into account both dot consumption and space consumption for any 
given word.  The advanced codes need evaluation with regard to both of 
these numbers and that's just the time and motion help braille could 
obtain.  Next, cryptographic help on most frequently used words using 
the most letters down to the fewest letters needs to be figured out. 
Professions beyond religious need to be considered for word choices 
including stem which was not included in Grade 2 or Grade 3 braille when 
those codes were put together.  Doing all of this may provide insight 
into how to better allocate contractions and short-form words in any new 
braille code with lowest numbers on time and motion side getting longest 
words in sample size from cryptographic side.  I hope this helps.

On Mon, 26 Mar 2018, Roanna Bacchus via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:08:39
> From: Roanna Bacchus via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Roanna Bacchus <rbacchus228 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Blindtlk] The Future Of Braille
> 
> Dear Members,
>
> I hope all of you are doing well. Next week I will be attending a conference titled "Working With The Experts- A Passport To The Future Of Braille For Visually Impaired Students". During this conference we will be discussing the Oeb system, transcribing in Unified English Braille, and lots of other aspects about braille. We will also be discussing the future of the braille code. What are your thoughts about the future of braille? How has braille allowed you to excel in your studies? How do you use braille in your daily lives? When did you first learn braille? How has braille impacted your family lives? I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Roanna Bacchus?
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