[BlindTlk] Braille books in old old

Sat Sep 7 21:01:28 UTC 2019

Is there a resource page somewhere where we can find out who can fix what? Just curious. Does the guy in Iowa still fix braille writer’s? He fixed mine did a fantastic job for a very low cost. 

Ericka Nelson

> On Sep 7, 2019, at 11:54 AM, Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Yes.  Since my braille sense u2 has seemed to bite the dust without having been used all that much, I think it's probably time to see about Richard Oehm fixing my braille lite.  Pam.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Peggy via BlindTlk
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2019 12:53 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Peggy
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
> 
> There are people who can fix Optacons, thank God. My friend had one that she never used, since she never plugged it in, it went completely dead. I gave it to Richard Oehm to use for parts.
> 
> Peggy and Dixie Marie
> 
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>> On Sep 3, 2019, at 10:24 PM, Ericka via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I can see why!  My parents almost put me in a Catholic grade school. That was if the city school district wouldn’t take me in1976. They took a chance an I graduated from the public high school. Never went to a state blind school.
>> 
>> Ericka Nelson
>> 
>>> On Sep 3, 2019, at 9:15 PM, Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> And both of these schools were in The Bronx, which is a borough of New York City.  There is also Batavia, which is upstate, New York.  They transferred me because I was a day student in the first school, and it took over an hour for the transportation to get me there, and the same to get me home.  And if we got stuck in traffic, forget it.  My doctor said I had to go to a school where I could stay overnight, because she said I was under too much stress. Also, Lavelle was a Catholic school, and I wasn't Catholic.  They tried to make me Catholic, so, I guess that was more stress.  They ostricized us non-catholics.  Pam.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Ericka via BlindTlk
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2019 9:59 PM
>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>> Cc: Ericka
>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>> 
>>> Pam, why did they transfer you to the slower school? I just seems weird. Of course it’s hard for me to think that any state would have more than one school for the blind too. Nowadays it’s even rare to have a separate school for the blind and deaf. Wisconsin still does. The school for the deaf is in Delavan Wisconsin and the school for the blind is in Janesville Wisconsin. They’re both in the southern part of the state though which I think isn’t fair to the kids up north. Wisconsin is a huge state!
>>> 
>>> Ericka Nelson
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 3, 2019, at 7:49 PM, Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> One-and-a-half has a few less signs than two.  I don't remember what they are.  In Lavelle, they started us straight into grade two in first grade. When they transferred me to the Institute, they had older books, and some of them were one-and-a-half.  It was a slower school.  I was almost nine, and they wanted to know if I could read and write, did I know grade one, one-and-a-half or  two.  I was very surprised.  By the way, the U in UEB stands for unified.  Pam.
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Ericka via BlindTlk
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2019 8:40 PM
>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>> Cc: Ericka
>>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>> 
>>>> What a classic thing! I would never get rid of that unless the dogs are so flat and it can’t be read. I think I could read that one. What’s the big difference between one and a half braille and grade 2/united English braille?
>>>> 
>>>> Ericka Nelson
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 3, 2019, at 7:20 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Or, just not having the time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It's almost akin to the loss of Alexander The Great's library.  Except not through fire and destruction, but through neglect, regardless the cause.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a two volume braille cookbook produced in 1944, in the relaxed spacing and slightly larger dots of the time, called California spacing, done in grade one and a half, which was popular then.  Evelyn Lee's cookbook.
>>>>> 
>>>>> One of the cooking tips talks about a new and inexpensive device on the market anyone can purchase, called an egg separator.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It also states in one of the tips that you can now get seedless raisins that are much easier to work with.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The lady who developed the cookbook was blind, and the hundreds of recipes are her own, and kitchen tips, she calls Kross Cuts, are ones she developed as a blind cook that worked for her.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My favorite alltime favorite Thousand Island dressing recipe comes from there, and I used to make it, but you can no longer get the canned onion juice or canned chili juice it requires.  The closest dressing in taste is Marie's Thousand Island Dressing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Judy
>>>>> 
>>>>> Judy
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 5:07 PM
>>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>>> Cc: Pamela Dominguez
>>>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>>> 
>>>>> My point is they don't distribute them the way they were originally done;
>>>>> they redo them in ueb.  Oh yes, I think I see what you mean.  If they are
>>>>> going to do that,  what's to stop them from looking at a book and saying:
>>>>> "This one isn't important; we don't have to do this; and we don't have to
>>>>> keep it, either".  Yuck!  pam.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2019 7:18 PM
>>>>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>>>>> Cc: Judy Jones
>>>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>>> 
>>>>> I shudder to think what braille literature will be lost if they do not get
>>>>> it duplicated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pamela
>>>>> Dominguez via BlindTlk
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 4:09 PM
>>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>>> Cc: Pamela Dominguez
>>>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think the library of congress is already getting rid of them. Because
>>>>> last time I was at the library, I took out a book that had a date before
>>>>> 2015, so I thought it would be in standard braille.  What a surprise I got
>>>>> when I took it home and it was not!  Also, it seems that when they digitize
>>>>> them, they no longer digitize old ones they didn't catch up on, yet; even
>>>>> though they are old books, they still are now in UEB.  Pam.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2019 1:23 PM
>>>>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>>>>> Cc: Judy Jones
>>>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>>> 
>>>>> Okay, I understand, and now that you have a grasp on UEB anyway.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The availability of US braille will gradually disappear as books get older.
>>>>> On the otherhand, you might find materials in those books not available yet
>>>>> in UEB.  US braille will be around for years, though.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via
>>>>> BlindTlk
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 10:20 AM
>>>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>>> Cc: Ericka
>>>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>>> 
>>>>> Why would I want to read something in old braille it takes me an hour to
>>>>> read a page when I could Read and comprehend the children’s book in half an
>>>>> hour or less?
>>>>> 
>>>>> For me, old braille is any efficient. It’s personal preference. United
>>>>> English braille makes more sense to me.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ericka Nelson
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 3, 2019, at 12:11 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The best way to get use to it is to use it.  I encourage my braille
>>>>>> students to read, read, read, and take the pressure off trying to
>>>>>> memorize.  When you think about it, you didn't have to memorize how to
>>>>>> spell the majority of words in the English language when learning to read
>>>>>> as a kid.  You were just trained to start reading a few simple phrases at
>>>>>> first, and gradually through spelling lessons, added to your vocabulary.
>>>>>> But the secret is read, read, read.  Memory comes through use without the
>>>>>> pressure of memorization.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka
>>>>>> via BlindTlk
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 8:07 AM
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>>>>>> Cc: Ericka
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There are words that you can’t combine together anymore like of the house
>>>>>> to have a space between it. The sign for by like “by the seaside or byline
>>>>>> Hass to be spelled out now.
>>>>>> Trust me, I’ve tried to read the stuff and I can’t. It’s too confusing.
>>>>>> Punctuation changed a lot by the way. The simple.?, Etc. didn’t but have
>>>>>> you looked at those parenthesis? Yeah they look a lot more like print so
>>>>>> it’s easy for me to remember how to read.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ericka Nelson
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sep 3, 2019, at 12:13 AM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk
>>>>>>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In US Braille:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dropped d at the beginning of a word is letters dis.
>>>>>>> In the middle is a double-d as in "daddy."
>>>>>>> At the end is a period.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dropped h at beginning is a open-quote
>>>>>>> In middle, not used in literary braille.
>>>>>>> At the end, a question-mark.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dropped F:
>>>>>>> At beginning is the word "to."
>>>>>>> In the middle is a double-f.
>>>>>>> At the end is an exclamation point.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> These things aren't that much different in UEB, although some of the
>>>>>>> rules did change for UEB.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Judy
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka
>>>>>>> via BlindTlk
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 7:20 PM
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>>>>>>> Cc: Ericka
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Judy, and I learn braille as a child or had no residual vision I probably
>>>>>>> could. However I find the US braille difficult. Dropped F, drop D and
>>>>>>> dropped H. is in weird places main something depending on where they are.
>>>>>>> That is confusing! I read faster in the new braille. I have children’s
>>>>>>> books and some religious things for the taking.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ericka Nelson
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sep 2, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk
>>>>>>>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi, Erika,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Actually, if you can do UEB braille, you can also read US.  There are
>>>>>>>> differences in the punctuation and numbers formatting, but the numbers
>>>>>>>> and letters themselves are all the same.  Most of the contractions are
>>>>>>>> the same, they have done away with some of them, but you will never find
>>>>>>>> a strange formation of dots you can't recognize.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I took the UEB course, just to know what it is like, and although I
>>>>>>>> prefer US braille, I can read the UEB.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Judy
>>>>>>>> “Embrace the day with its mercies and blessings.”
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka
>>>>>>>> via BlindTlk
>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 9:46 AM
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>>>>>>>> Cc: Ericka
>>>>>>>> Subject: [BlindTlk] Braille books in old old
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I’m wondering what people are doing with braille books that are in that
>>>>>>>> were produced before the 2015 change over to UEB. I have braille books
>>>>>>>> that I really don’t want to toss, but I can’t read them well enough in
>>>>>>>> the pre-2015 braille to justify keeping. I’m willing to send them
>>>>>>>> overseas or free matter them to someone who can’t send them overseas.
>>>>>>>> Let me know.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Ericka Nelson
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