[nabs-l] Braille Under Siege As Blind Turn To Smartphones

[Chris Nusbaum]

I=20agree=20that=20it=20is=20important=20to=20keep=20up=20our=20hardcopy=20=
Braille=20
skills=20although=20we=20are=20using=20technology=20more=20and=20more.=20=20=
That=20is=20
why=20I=20get=20the=20Braille=20Monitor=20in=20hardcopy;=20one=20of=20the=20=
few=20
magazines=20I=20can=20get=20in=20hardcopy=20anymore.

Chris

Chris=20Nusbaum
Email=20and=20Google=20Talk/Keychat=20(on=20the=20BrailleNote)=20ID:=20
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Skype:=20christpher.nusbaum3=20or=20search=20for=20Chris=20Nusbaum

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2013=20Feb=202012=2022:36:33=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Braille=20Under=20Siege=20As=20Blind=20Turn=20T=
o=20
Smartphones

Hi,
I=20think=20we=20have=20to=20keep=20up=20our=20skills.=20=20Like=20Anjelina=
,=20I=20label=20in=20
braille;=20I
write=20notes=20and=20appointment=20times=20in=20the=20braille=20Note.
I=20read=20hard=20copy=20braille=20regularly=20too;=20but=20not=20as=20much=
=20as=20I=20
should.=20=20I=20think
we=20need=20to=20keep=20reading=20regular=20hard=20copy=20braille=20to=20ke=
ep=20our=20
skills=20up.
Reading=20with=20two=20hands=20and=20sliding=20to=20the=20next=20line=20on=
=20a=20page=20is=20
different
than=20reading=20a=20linear=20braille=20display.
We=20have=20to=20balance=20technology=20and=20braille=20skills.=20=20If=20w=
e=20don't,=20
we=20are
settling=20for=20second=20class=20citizenship=20and=20a=20substandard=20rat=
e=20of=20
literacy.
Technology=20can=20break=20down=20and=20it=20has=20limitations.=20=20So=20g=
et=20out=20a=20
big=20braille
book=20or=20your=20perkins=20braille=20and=20read/write=20braille.

So=20how=20do=20I=20keep=20real=20braille=20skills=20up?=20I=20read=20the=20=
NFB=20viligant=20
in=20braille.
I've=20read=20novels=20in=20braille=20too.
I=20make=20a=20point=20to=20write=20braille=20for=20organization.=20=20I=20=
like=20seeing=20
a=20list=20of
things;=20its=20just=20easier=20to=20organize;=20I=20list=20things=20to=20b=
uy=20or=20
things=20to=20get
done=20that=20day.=20=20I=20might=20write=20a=20poem=20or=20short=20reflect=
ion=20in=20
braille.=20=20Because
I=20have=20space=20limitations,=20I=20don't=20write=20much=20hard=20copy=20=
braille.=20=20
I=20will=20write
a=20page=20or=20two=20at=20=20a=20time.=20=20Longer=20writing=20I=20do=20on=
=20the=20braille=20
note.=20=20So,=20in
summary=20I=20find=20small=20ways=20like=20list=20items,=20reading=20newsle=
tters,=20
short
stories=20poems,=20and=20small=20reflections=20to=20keep=20up=20my=20braill=
e.=20=20I=20
could=20still
improve=20though.=20=20Periodically,=20I=20read=20out=20loud.=20=20I=20enco=
urage=20all=20
to=20do=20so
because=20its=20useful=20to=20have=20for=20reading=20speeches=20or=20other=
=20writing=20
to=20groups.
You=20improve=20reading=20fluency=20with=20practice.

Ashley

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Anjelina
Sent:=20Monday,=20February=2013,=202012=209:49=20PM
To:=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Braille=20Under=20Siege=20As=20Blind=20Turn=20To=20
Smartphones

Good=20evening=20fellow=20students,
What=20are=20your=20thoughts=20about=20this=20NPR=20article?
Since=20technology=20is=20such=20a=20large=20part=20of=20our=20daily=20live=
s,=20
especially=20as
students,=20how=20do=20you=20keep=20up=20with=20your=20Braille=20skills?
Besides=20using=20my=20BrailleNote=20for=20taking=20notes/reading,=20labeli=
ng=20
items=20=20and
the=20occasional=20Braille=20leisure=20novel,=20I=20don=E2=80=99t=20have=20=
as=20much=20
access=20to=20Braille
as=20I=E2=80=99d=20prefer.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/02/13/146812288/b
raille-under-siege-as-blind-turn-to-smartphones
Anjelina
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