[BlindTlk] amazon: 9 line slate and stylus set review

[Jude DaShiell]

I have a couple different paper sizes one of which accommodates 28 cells
and the other needs a 41 cell slate.  The 41 cell slate is a board slate
I'd like to replace and I'd like to replace it for two reasons.  The slate
metal has memory and bends open slightly.  The paper clamp is missing its
left pin.
Near as I can tell, these board slates along with a huge number of
products got discontinued by American Printing House For The Blind several
years ago.
My perkins brailler is on its way to the braillery for repairs.
One thing I find strange about the Braillery with all the leather in texas
they don't carry or sell brailler dust covers.  I bought one from howe
press and will use that when the brailler returns.


--
 Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
 "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
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 Please use in that order."
 Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Sun, 21 Apr 2024, Peter Donahue via BlindTlk wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Unless you need a nine-line slate.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Raul Gallegos -
> NAGDU via BlindTlk
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2024 2:13 PM
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> Cc: Raul Gallegos - NAGDU <rgallegos at nagdu.org>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] amazon: 9 line slate and stylus set review
>
> Hi, thanks for this. Instead of getting a slate from Amazon, I highly
> recommend getting a free one from www.nfb.org. When you go to our main page,
> the free slate link is right there on the home page.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via
> BlindTlk
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2024 1:22 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
> Subject: [BlindTlk] amazon: 9 line slate and stylus set review
>
> I don't recommend this item for a couple reasons.
> First the whole set is made entirely of plastic.
> This means the tip of the stylus feels threads in the paper as the stylus
> moves on the paper, doesn't happen with metal tips.
> That though isn't the best reason to pass this item by.
> The best reason is sides of all cells in the top leaf of the slate are flat.
> Metal slates had semicircles between dot positions so someone writing with
> those slates could have an idea what dot they were about to write.  Where
> the dots went in a metal slate was between the top or bottom of the cell and
> a semicircle or between two semicircles if on dots 2 and 5.  This is not a
> good slate for anyone new to braille since it will be frustrating to use.
>
>
> --
>  Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
>  "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
>  Please use in that order."
>  Ed Howdershelt 1940.
>
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