[nabs-l] Sites like the zonebbs

Tue Dec 11 00:38:55 UTC 2012

That's true; if its not answered, we don't likely know.
That, or we are busy studying for finals.
I do not know what the website even is.

However, another resource for checking about computers and accessibility is 
Access world put out by american foundation for the blind, AFB.
Go to www.afb.org and click on access world, the free technology magazine 
and then search on what you need to.

Hth,
Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Herrin, Amber
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 4:41 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sites like the zonebbs

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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Sincerely,

Amber R. Herrin

e: herrinar at muohio.edu
P: (513) 593-5855

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