[nabs-l] Sites like the zonebbs

Tue Dec 11 00:09:32 UTC 2012

Might I also add that usually, when you get kicked off the zone, it's
not done for no reason? You might want to consider it a lost cause.
But, to answer your main question, I don't know of any other sites
like it. There's Klango, but that's going to be shut down in a month
or so, so I wouldn't bother. The suggestion to join other mailing
lists is a good one, though. Try going to www.whitestick.co.uk and
browsing the mailing lists for the blind section. there are some good
ones, and not all of them are UK-based, although the ones that are
still allow members that aren't in the UK to subscribe.

On 12/10/12, Herrin, Amber <herrinar at muohio.edu> wrote:
> Sarah,
>
> I do not mean to be rude, but I would like to suggest that if you have
> not heard from anyone thus far, you probably will not hear from anyone
> about this particular topic.  You have sent several messages asking
> the same exact question over a very short period of time.  If you
> continue to do this, I am thinking you might get taken off the list or
> reprimanded for posting so much about the same topic.  I personally do
> not have the answer to your question, as I do not spend the majority
> of my time talking on sites like that.  If someone wishes to answer
> the question, though, they will know you have asked the question
> several times and will do so.
>
> I apologize if you think this message has been rude, but trust me when
> I say I have worded this much nicer than some others would have.
>
> Why don't you try doing google searches or join some yahoo or google
> chat lists dedicated to a particular topic of interest or hobby that
> you enjoy?
>
> Best,
>
> Amber
>
> On 12/10/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello, I'm just wondering if you know of any sites like the
>> zonebbs that work with the BrailleNote.  They kep disabling my
>> accounts on the zone.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Sarah and Wizard
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
>> list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:16:55 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Highlighters?
>>
>> Brandon, do you have a slate and stylus? Because if so, you can
>> use your stylus as a sort of braille highlighter, putting a dot
>> before the thing you want to mark.
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Patrick Molloy <ptrck.molloy at gmail.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:37:47 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Highlighters?
>>
>> In my experience, puff paint isn't always the best.  First, it
>> can
>> take
>> a long time to dry, as others have said.  Second, if you were to
>> put it
>> in a book and then close the book, the paint would dry and stick
>> your
>> pages together.
>> Patrick
>>
>> On 12/10/12, Heather Field <missheather at comcast.net> wrote:
>>  Hello,
>>  I'm not sure about this, but I believe that the kit mostly has
>> tools which
>>  press from the opposite side of the page on which you want a
>> mark, as with a
>>
>>  stylus or a tracing wheel..  However, I do think APH sells some
>> tactile
>>  stickers.  Perhaps you could buy them and cut them into smaller
>> shapes to
>>  highlight your music.  They're very helpful so perhaps you could
>> call them
>>  and ask someone to describe what stickers they have available,
>> and also ask
>>
>>  if they have any suggestions.  I think the graphics kit is over
>> $150 so it
>>  probably a lot more than you can use.  I'm sure they'll be able
>> to tell you
>>  that as well.
>>
>>  I hope we can find the solution, this is very important.
>>  Warmly,
>>  Heather
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Misty Dawn Bradley
>>  Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 10:17 PM
>>  To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Highlighters?
>>
>>  Hi,
>>  I believe that American Printing House for the Blind also
>> carries a tactile
>>  kit that makes different symbols and textures and has different
>> tools for
>>  making tactile markings and diagrams, although I don't know how
>> expensive
>>  it
>>  is.  It might work though, because you could have different
>> symbols for
>>  different things.
>>  Hope this helps,
>>  Misty
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "Heather Field" <missheather at comcast.net
>>  To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>  Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:46 PM
>>  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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