[nabs-l] Using A Braille Embosser In College

[Brianna Scerenscko]

Thanks everyone.

On 2/26/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> Right on, Ashley! I don't like the Perkins Brailler, though. It makes
> too much noise, and disturbs my sighted counterparts in college. I'm
> looking forward to getting that new Brailler, that I was talking about
> in a previous thread. Brianna, this Brailler I'm referring to is
> lighter, and makes less racket! Best of all, you can plug it into a
> computer, and print out your work, so you can have the hard copy
> Braille, that you did, plus the print to give to your professor.
> Contact David Pillisher, (the one that has invented this Brailler.)
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 2/26/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Brianna,
>> Hi, well I don't agree with the obsolete statement.
>> Its true that given the large amount of reading and new textbooks you have
>> in college,
>> audio formats will be your primary way of reading and obtaining
>> information.
>> You'll read slides/handouts from professors. You'll read your texts in
>> audio
>> format through RFB and/or electronic text.
>>
>> But you will certainly need braille and will use it daily, especially if
>> you
>> used braille to study in high school!  Some are already auditory learners;
>> others like me used braille a lot in public school and still do!
>> You need a braille notetaker with a braille display!  This way you can
>> take
>> notes and read them.
>> As others have said, you can also download books and read them that way.
>> Your english classes and perhaps history courses may require reading
>> novels
>> or parts of them.
>> These novels may be available online.  You can then download them to the
>> computer and then to a thumb drive or SD card so you can put that into
>> your
>> notetaker and read.
>> For instance using bookshare or web Braille from NLS.
>> I had to read the Prince for history; I had to read some classics and
>> novels
>> for english including Death of a Salesman, The Glass Manassury, and To
>> Kill
>> a Mocking bird.
>> Although I read them on audio format I'm sure they are also available in
>> braille.
>>
>> As to the question of the embosser, that is up to you.
>> Will you want to have hard copy braille of notes or handouts?
>> Are you one who likes to see braille and read it down the page rather than
>> linearly on a display?
>>
>> I have an old embosser; we did not get it through the agency though; I
>> think
>> we bought it used; I can;'t remember how my family got it for me.
>> I use it sometimes; but use the display more.
>> I find the embossed braille helpful to study particular concepts having
>> odd
>> spelled names or something difficult.
>> Also to study something like Grammar in english or another language, I
>> need
>> braille and particularly hard copy braille!
>> Audio just is not real helpful.
>>
>> So when you justify equipment, definitely have a way to access braille
>> whether it be a display on your notetaker or a display hooked to a laptop
>> or
>> desktop.
>> You may or may not need the embosser.  But if you do not get that, you
>> should have a braille writer, I mean the old fashioned perkins brailler!
>> I say this because there will be some times where you need hard copy
>> braille.
>> Two instances:
>> 1. you do a presentation and need notes in a speech class or something
>> else.
>> 2. You need to read something in class or you need to memorize something
>> for
>> an acting class or something.
>> You'll want something hard copy then.
>>
>> Ashley
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brianna Scerenscko
>> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 7:31 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Using A Braille Embosser In College
>>
>> Hello NABS Members,
>> My name is Brianna. I will be entering college next Fall and am
>> working on writing up my justification list of technology I will need
>> for college. I have spoken to three braille instructores that I know
>> and  two of them said that braille kind of becomes opsalete and that
>> you mostly use audio formatts in college, but the third one said that
>> I will need a braille embosser. I have access to an embosser in school
>> and I never use it.
>> Any feedback would be extremely appreachiated.
>> Thank You
>> Brianna
>>
>>
>> On 2/26/11, Michelle Clark <mcikeyc at aol.com> wrote:
>>> One of my members called a few days ago  and was advised that rooms are
>>> getting low. It is my opinion that this Convention will not be the one
>>> that
>>> if one really wants to go to wait around to make arrangements. They might
>>> find themselves having to book at Motel of the Crabshack!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michelle
>>>
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