[Faith-talk] miscellaneous, including optacon and text-ese

[David Moore]

Hi Sandra,
I am the same way when I am typing. When I type, words flow from me that 
never do when I am talking in a group of people LOL!
I am known as Big Mouth LOL!
David Moore
-----Original Message----- 
From: Sandra Streeter via Faith-Talk
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 9:13 PM
To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Sandra Streeter
Subject: [Faith-talk] miscellaneous, including optacon and text-ese

You guys are ruining my reputation as a girl of few words! Actually, that’s 
only when I’m with other people; when I’m in front of a computer “chatting,” 
I am done for!!! Inspiration strikes, words flow easily, ideas come...

Yay, “Team Optacon!” If I were moneyed, I’d pony up some funds to support 
that project, in less than a heartbeat! I bet today’s version, instead of 
having the vibrating pins, could have a stabilized image of the letters or 
whatever, like the modern Braille displays—it would be stable until you got 
to the next letter, obviating the tingling and the buzzing (which would 
definitely bother my quirky neurology, but probably not enough to make me 
refuse to use the old model)!

So, Linda, what I mean by “text-ese” is, the stuff that’s uber-shortened to 
make composing a message quicker, as opposed to fully-written-out—i.e., the 
language of texting. I am familiar with a little, but there’s a lot I don’t 
yet know (though willing to learn). Glad you brought up Syrie (sorry if I 
mis-spelled it, I have never actually paid attention to how it was written 
out and have never seen it in Braille), but dictating could definitely 
account for the things I struggle with in some messages. Also, glad to be 
made aware of the right-protected thing, too—it does explain why you wouldn’t 
be able to delete sub-messages. However, other than using page-down as I 
often do to get past stuff I’ve already read umteen times, is there some 
kind of “skip” shortcut key I could use to get to the next totally new part 
of a forum like ours?

Just for curiosity, Sarah—where did you get your m-div? Are you currently 
pastoring or otherwise using it? I ask only because I studied youth ministry 
for my BA, and after getting an MA in blind rehab, was part of a chaplain 
intern program at a local hospital, which I thoroughly enjoyed, having just 
audited it and not having to deal with the pressure of the grade and 
deadlines, etc. Although I’m not officially using the knowledge from those 
fields, I do find it so beneficial for things that come up in life.

Thanks for listening, everyone. Unless I absolutely can’t resist later, and 
have to respond to someone’s post, I’m on to the rest of my life for 
tonight!!!



Sandra
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is 
invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Little Prince


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