[nabs-l] Braille Highlighters?

Mon Dec 10 02:03:51 UTC 2012

Yes, between 12 and 24 hours.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Josh Gregory
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 8:48 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Highlighters?

Hi, I'm not quite sure, but I think puff paint takes about 24 hours to dry.
It's either that, or 12.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 9, 2012, at 8:18 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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