[nabs-l] Using A Braille Embosser In College

Sun Feb 27 04:21:40 UTC 2011

I doubt you will need a Braille embosser.  IN fact, I haven't used
mine for the duration of time that I have been in college which is why
I've been trying to sell it.  You can use Braille but you will most
likely use it less.  Depending on your university, they may have an
Braille embosser and will be able to Braille things for you.

Thanks,
Robby

On 2/26/11, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> The embosser issue is a personal choice, but I definitely agree that, if you
> do not have an embosser, you at least need to have a Perkins or other
> Braille writer. I have an embosser, but, do to space, I opted not to bring
> it to college with me this year, but I did bring my Perkins. My safety net,
> should I ever need to use an embosser, is that I can ask the DRC to emboss
> something for me, which I have not had to do, as I do not use hardcopy
> Braille that much, with the major exception being tactile graphics.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brianna Scerenscko" <bfs1206 at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Using A Braille Embosser In College
>
>
>> 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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