[nabs-l] Braille Highlighters?

[Koby Cox]

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On Dec 9, 2012, at 7:18 PM, "Heather Field" <missheather at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello Brandon,
> There are pens called Puff Paint pens and they do dispense a nice line of paint that you could certainly use. However, I don't know how long the paint takes to dry. You could buy one at a craft store and experiment at home. The white out pens are more runny but it might be worth a try also. It seems like a visit to your local craft store, piece of old music paper in hand, might be your next step. Your could ask for a manager and ask if he'd be willing to talk to you about some options and let you try them out.
> Best,
> Heather
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Brandon Keith Biggs
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:02 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Highlighters?
> 
> Hello,
> what comes to mind are the whiteout rollers or pens, but I'm not sure if
> those would change the texture fast.
> I am afraid that Wikki sticks would fall off as I am transporting my music
> all over the bay area constantly in many different modes of transportation.
> Perhaps some markers that use a kind of paint or really thick ink as well. I
> believe I saw some of those once a long time ago, but nothing since.
> I'm not sure what would happen if I went into an office supply store and
> asked for markers and other light substances that change the texture of the
> paper.
> It would work putting graphing tape on the page if there was a pen or spool
> that cut the tape fast. I wonder if there is a tape as thin as saran wrap. I
> could put over Braille words instead?
> I guess if anyone randomly uncovers something like this, let me know!
> Thanks,
> 
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message----- From: Heather Field
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 4:46 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Highlighters?
> 
> Hello Brandon,
> There isn't any actual "tool", to my knowledge, that will do what you want.
> However, I can fully appreciate the need for what you've described. I have a
> couple of suggestions for you to try. Obviously, I make no claim to their
> success but I'm just trying to think of something that will be simple and
> fast for you to use on the fly.
> 
> My immediate first thought was Wikki sticks. You could get some from any
> local store with a craft or toy department. Then, you could experiment with
> cutting them into different lengths. You could buy, in the same craft
> department, a small, flat box that is divided into compartments of different
> sizes. Then, you could separate the different sized pieces of Wikki sticks
> into their sections. Perhaps, you could place a very small piece vertically
> in the space before the phrase that requires a reminded action. If there was
> a phrase that required an extra loud or soft tone, you could have a longer
> piece of Wikki stick that ran horizontally under the whole phrase; it could
> go below for softer and above for louder. You could work out other
> positions, sloping diagonally forward or back for example, for other
> reminders. This is the quickest, "on the fly" idea I had.
> 
> A slightly less elegant, slower, but possibly of equal flexibility idea, is
> to simply take a stylus with you and poke up dots or lines from under the
> paper. You could have a one line dymo tape slate which you positioned, holes
> down, roughly over the line under which you had positioned the stylus. Thus,
> when you poked the stylus up from under the paper to the spot where you had
> positioned the point to come through, you could stop it from making a hole
> by putting the slate over it. A small square of neoprene or rubber material
> would work just as well. You could also experiment with using a small
> tracing wheel, available from the American Printing house, and using it
> under the paper while you kept your fingers on the braille facing up and
> made a line under or over the braille you want to mark.
> 
> I believe that you could get more than competent with these techniques, it
> would only take a bit of experimenting and practise on your part. I agree
> with you that, at this level of performance, you really do need to
> streamline the process and get a set of tactile marking in place that does
> an equivalent job for a tactile reader that highlighters do for print
> readers.
> I hope one of these ideas works for you. Who knows, you might find that a
> combination of both is your final answer.
> Warmly,
> Heather field
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Brandon Keith Biggs
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:32 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Braille Highlighters?
> 
> Hello,
> I am wondering if any kind of Braille highlighter has been invented yet?
> Something that could change the texture of the page while still keeping the
> Braille readable?
> This has been something that all my teachers have been telling me to do with
> my Braille books and music, as of now it is either write notes in another
> device that may crash, or put not really accurate dots that can fall off on
> the spot I want to mark. (Not to menschen that becomes a lot of dots after a
> while).
> So if anyone has ever encountered a Braille highlighter please let me know!
> Thank you,
> 
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> 
> 
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