[nabs-l] Braille Under Siege As Blind Turn To Smartphones
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sun Feb 19 22:26:48 UTC 2012
I agree that it is important to keep up our hardcopy Braille
skills although we are using technology more and more. That is
why I get the Braille Monitor in hardcopy; one of the few
magazines I can get in hardcopy anymore.
Chris
Chris Nusbaum
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"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
exists. If a blind person has the proper training and
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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Date sent: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:36:33 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Under Siege As Blind Turn To
Smartphones
Hi,
I think we have to keep up our skills. Like Anjelina, I label in
braille; I
write notes and appointment times in the braille Note.
I read hard copy braille regularly too; but not as much as I
should. I think
we need to keep reading regular hard copy braille to keep our
skills up.
Reading with two hands and sliding to the next line on a page is
different
than reading a linear braille display.
We have to balance technology and braille skills. If we don't,
we are
settling for second class citizenship and a substandard rate of
literacy.
Technology can break down and it has limitations. So get out a
big braille
book or your perkins braille and read/write braille.
So how do I keep real braille skills up? I read the NFB viligant
in braille.
I've read novels in braille too.
I make a point to write braille for organization. I like seeing
a list of
things; its just easier to organize; I list things to buy or
things to get
done that day. I might write a poem or short reflection in
braille. Because
I have space limitations, I don't write much hard copy braille.
I will write
a page or two at a time. Longer writing I do on the braille
note. So, in
summary I find small ways like list items, reading newsletters,
short
stories poems, and small reflections to keep up my braille. I
could still
improve though. Periodically, I read out loud. I encourage all
to do so
because its useful to have for reading speeches or other writing
to groups.
You improve reading fluency with practice.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: Anjelina
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:49 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] Braille Under Siege As Blind Turn To
Smartphones
Good evening fellow students,
What are your thoughts about this NPR article?
Since technology is such a large part of our daily lives,
especially as
students, how do you keep up with your Braille skills?
Besides using my BrailleNote for taking notes/reading, labeling
items and
the occasional Braille leisure novel, I donât have as much
access to Braille
as Iâd prefer.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/02/13/146812288/b
raille-under-siege-as-blind-turn-to-smartphones
Anjelina
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