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

Sun Feb 19 23:03:03 UTC 2012

That's=20why=20the=20NFB=20is=20working=20so=20hard=20to=20increase=20Brail=
le=20
literacy=20as=20well=20as=20increase=20the=20number=20of=20properly=20train=
ed=20and=20
Braille=20literate=20TVI's.

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:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2013=20Feb=202012=2022:27:14=20-0600
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Braille=20Under=20Siege=20As=20Blind=20Turn=20T=
o=20
Smartphones

Great=20post!
Why=20is=20it=20then,=20that=201,=20out=20of=207=20blind=20children,=20in=20=
the=20US,=20
doesn't
know=20Braille,=20or=20can't=20get=20access=20to=20it?
This=20is=20awful!
TVI's,=20are=20needed!
Blessings,=20Joshua

On=202/13/12,=20Julie=20McGinnity=20<kaybaycar at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Hi=20everyone.

=20I=20think=20this=20article=20is=20very=20very=20sad.

=20I=20have=20so=20many=20uses=20for=20braille.=20=20I=20read=20my=20music=
=20in=20braile,=20use=20
my
=20braille=20note,=20and=20own=20a=20braille=20bible=20that=20I=20read=20fr=
om=20every=20
day.
=20Braille=20is=20very=20important=20to=20me,=20and=20I=20couldn't=20do=20m=
y=20major=20
without
=20it.

=20On=202/13/12,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:=

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

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

=20Ashley

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

Smartphones

=20Good=20evening=20fellow=20students,
=20What=20are=20your=20thoughts=20about=20this=20NPR=20article?
=20Since=20technology=20is=20such=20a=20large=20part=20of=20our=20daily=20l=
ives,=20
especially=20as
=20students,=20how=20do=20you=20keep=20up=20with=20your=20Braille=20skills?=

=20Besides=20using=20my=20BrailleNote=20for=20taking=20notes/reading,=20lab=
eling=20
items=20=20and
=20the=20occasional=20Braille=20leisure=20novel,=20I=20don=92t=20have=20as=
=20much=20
access=20to
=20Braille
=20as=20I=92d=20prefer.
=20
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/02/13/146812288/b
raille-under-siege-as-blind-turn-to-smartphones
=20Anjelina
=20_______________________________________________
=20nabs-l=20mailing=20list
=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
=20To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get=20your=20a=
ccount=20
info=20for
=20nabs-l:
=20
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bookwormahb%4
0earthlink.net

=20_______________________________________________
=20nabs-l=20mailing=20list
=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
=20To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get=20your=20a=
ccount=20
info=20for
=20nabs-l:
=20
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kaybaycar%40g
mail.com

=20--
=20Julie=20McG
=20=20Lindbergh=20High=20School=20class=20of=202009,=20participating=20memb=
er=20in=20
Opera
=20Theater's=20Artist=20in=20Training=20Program,=20and=20proud=20graduate=20=
of=20
Guiding
=20Eyes=20for=20the=20Blind

=20"For=20God=20so=20loved=20the=20world=20that=20he=20gave=20his=20only=20=
Son,=20so=20that
=20everyone=20who=20believes=20in=20him=20may=20not=20perish=20but=20may=20=
have=20eternal
=20life."
=20John=203:16

=20_______________________________________________
=20nabs-l=20mailing=20list
=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
=20To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get=20your=20a=
ccount=20
info=20for
=20nabs-l:
=20
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jlester8462%4
0students.pccua.edu

_______________________________________________
nabs-l=20mailing=20list
nabs-l at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get=20your=20acco=
unt=20info=20
for=20nabs-l:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dotkid.nusbau
m%40gmail.com