[humanser] Tips on Presentations & Braille

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi,
As I said before, I may have more tips on presenting.
But for now, I just want to encourage you to check your community resources 
to learn braille; it may be more motivating and useful to have an 
instructor. perhaps, a lighthousee for the blind.
If you study on your own, I suggest using hadley as others said.
Also, get  material to practice. I think some kids books come in grade 1 
braille.
Practice reading with a braille reader slightly above you if you can find 
one.

Another idea is if you have money for it, I bet that a TVI, or teacher of 
the vision impaired, would
tutor you in braille at night after their normal work hours.

I hope it works out.

Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Alyssa Munsell
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:28 PM
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Subject: [humanser] Tips on Presentations & Braille

Hi everyone!



I have a question about handling presentation notes. Since I lost my vision
(about 8 years ago), I haven't had to give presentations often, but it's
been challenging when I have. I don't have an easily accessible way of
creating and reading presentation notes. I don't know braille because I
didn't understand the importance of learning it until about a year ago. I
really wish I had realized how that skill could help me, especially in doing
any task that requires reading materials to someone or presenting a topic.
In the past, I've written large  presentation notes with sharpie markers on
pieces of paper and memorized most of the material. This has always ended up
working for me, but the process is exhausting and definitely not an ideal
way of giving presentations!



I have 2 questions. First, does anyone have any tips about how to do
presentation notes, aside from braille? I saw an e-mail from an NFB member
who stated that using the Victor Reader Stream to make audible notes has
worked well for him. Does anyone have experience with that?

Second, for anyone who has learned braille later in life- any advice about
techniques for learning braille would be immensely helpful. How long did it
take for you to learn it and be able to effectively utilize it?



Thanks!

Alyssa

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