[nabs-l] Consultation regarding an Academic Mission Needed
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sun Jun 3 20:39:10 UTC 2012
The=20Braille=20Plus=20is=20no=20longer=20being=20manufactured,=20but=20it'=
s=20still=20
on=20the=20market.=20=20It=20is=20made=20by=20APH,=20so=20you=20might=20wan=
t=20to=20check=20
with=20them.
Chris=20Nusbaum
"For=20we=20walk=20by=20faith,=20not=20by=20sight."
2=20Corinthians=205:7
Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote
=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
=20sent:=20Sun,=203=20Jun=202012=2000:47:39=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Consultation=20regarding=20an=20Academic=20Miss=
ion=20
Needed
Where=20do=20you=20get=20the=20Braille=20Plus?=20I've=20heard=20of=20the=20=
braille=20
sense,=20but
maybe=20you=20mean=20something=20different.
-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Brandon=20Keith=20Biggs
Sent:=20Sunday,=20June=2003,=202012=2012:43=20AM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Consultation=20regarding=20an=20Academic=20Miss=
ion=20
Needed
Hello,
If=20you're=20a=20computer=20programmer,=20you=20may=20not=20like=20mainstr=
eam=20
products.
For=20example=20I=20can't=20stand=20the=20victor=20readers=20and=20I'm=20on=
ly=20getting=20
an=20Apex
because=20it's=20the=20smallest=2032=20celled=20PDA=20out=20there.
But=20for=20programming,=20getting=20your=20hands=20on=20a=20Braille+=20wou=
ld=20be=20
heaven=20as=20it
runs=20on=20a=20Linux=20operating=20system=20and=20it=20uses=20Python=20in=
=20its=20sours=20
code.=20=20They
opened=20up=20a=20developer=20package,=20so=20one=20is=20able=20to=20develo=
p=20their=20
own=20apps=20for
the=20BP=20and=20the=20commands=20are=20very=20programmer=20friendly.
The=20only=20thing=20that=20I've=20heard=20is=20hard=20in=20a=20computer=20=
engineer=20
class=20is
soldering=20the=20small=20wires=20to=20the=20different=20hardware=20pieces=
=20
without=20touching
anything.
Other=20than=20that,=20programming=20blind=20is=20just=20as=20fast=20if=20n=
ot=20faster=20
than
programming=20sighted.
But=20really=20join=20the=20program=20list.
Thanks,
Brandon=20Keith=20Biggs
-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Joshua=20Lester
Sent:=20Saturday,=20June=2002,=202012=209:01=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Consultation=20regarding=20an=20Academic=20Miss=
ion=20
Needed
What=20about=20contacting=20these=20guys,=20to=20get=20your=20books=20in=20=
Braille,=20
if
that's=20what=20you=20prefer?
http://www.mbvol.org
Just=20wondering!
Joshua
On=206/2/12,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:
=20Hamid,
=20I'll=20start=20by=20saying=20=20that=20I=20graduated=20from=20Marymount=
=20
university,=20a
=20private
=20liberal=20arts=20school,=20a=20few=20years=20ago.=20=20I=20combined=20st=
udies=20for=20a=20
degree=20as=20I
=20did=20not=20feel=20I=20could=20handle=20a=20full=20degree=20in=20psychol=
ogy.=20=20At=20the=20
time=20the
=20stats=20software,=20SPSS,=20was=20not=20accessible=20and=20I=20would=20h=
ave=20faced=20
other
=20barriers.=20=20My=20degree=20was=20in=20liberal=20studies=20with=20focus=
=20in=20
communication=20and
=20psychology.
=20School=20is=20challenging=20at=20the=20post=20secondary=20level=20becaus=
e=20you=20do=20
not=20have
=20access=20to=20braille.=20=20In=20public=20school=20my=20Teacher=20of=20t=
he=20vision=20
impaired,
=20TVI,
=20obtained=20my=20books=20in=20accessible=20format=20either=20audio,=20bra=
ille=20or=20
large
=20print
=20or=20a=20combo=20of=20those=20as=20well=20as=20brailled=20any=20handouts=
=20the=20class=20
received.
=20Therefore=20when=20my=20sighted=20classmates=20got=20a=20worksheet,=20so=
=20did=20I=20
and=20I=20did
=20not
=20have=20to=20wait=20for=20alternative=20forms=20of=20texts=20as=20I=20did=
=20in=20college.=20=20
I=20did
=20despite=20requesting=20electronic=20formats=20way=20in=20advance=20of=20=
my=20
classes!
=20I'm=20also=20not=20too=20active=20in=20NFB=20so=20my=20opinion=20may=20d=
iffer=20from=20
others.=20=20I
=20know
=20we=20want=20to=20present=20a=20positive=20image,=20but=20IMO=20we=20may=
=20have=20to=20take=20
it=20slowly
=20at=20the=20beginning=20while=20adjusting=20to=20a=20new=20school,=20new=
=20major,=20and=20
new=20ways
=20of
=20doing=20things.
=20Anyway,=20that=20said,=20I=20wish=20you=20success=20in=20your
=20computer=20science=20studies.=20=20You=20might=20want=20to=20do=20two=20=
classes=20your=20
first
=20semester.=20=20Where=20will=20you=20be=20studying?=20What=20country=20do=
=20you
=20come
=20from=20and=20were=20you=20educated=20there=20in=20a=20mainstream=20class=
=20or=20school=20
for=20the
=20blind?=20Do=20you=20mind=20sharing=20what=20your=20vision=20impairment=20=
is?=20Its=20
obvious
=20your
=20vision=20loss=20is=20new=20and=20I'm=20guessing=20probably=20a=20gradual=
=20loss.=20=20
Maybe=20you
=20have
=20RP,=20retinitinis=20pigmentosa.=20=20I'm=20visually=20impaired=20too,=20=
so=20I=20=20
know=20the
=20benefits=20of=20seeing=20things=20where=20spatial=20relationships=20are=
=20
involved.
=20However,
=20I=20also=20was=20taught=20braille=20and=20use=20that=20as=20my=20primary=
=20medium=20and=20
print=20my
=20secondary=20one=20for=20reading.
=20I=20think=20by=20seeing=20something=20like=20say=20geometry=20figures=20=
or=20a=20
diagram=20of=20the
=20heart,=20I=20can=20better=20picture=20it=20than=20if=20I=20learned=20it=
=20just=20by=20a=20
description.
=20So,=20for=20some=20of=20us=20vision=20impaired=20people,=20using=20it=20=
is=20effective=20
and=20we=20do
=20not=20have=20to=20use=20all=20nonvisual=20ways.=20=20Because=20you=20can=
not=20read=20
braille
=20effectively,=20I=20think=20using=20your=20vision=20may=20help=20a=20lot=
=20provided=20
you=20can=20see
=20large=20print=20well=20without=20fatigue.
=20BTW,=20you=20might=20be=20able=20to=20use=20jumbo=20braille=20a=20little=
=20bit=20even=20
though=20you
=20have=20hand=20trimmers.
=20I=20do=20not=20know=20computer=20science=20or=20math=20majors=20so=20my=
=20advice=20may=20
be=20more
=20general=20and=20I'm=20imagining=20what=20might=20be=20useful=20to=20you
=20in=20this=20program=20of=20study=20based=20on=20the=20little=20I=20know=
=20of=20CS.
=20You=20are=20right=20that=20getting=20special=20equipment=20will=20help=20=
your=20
studies=20a=20lot.
=20I=20use=20adaptive=20equipment=20all=20the=20time.=20=20For=20instance,=
=20I=20love=20my=20
braille
=20note,
=20a=20portable=20PDA=20from=20humanware.=20=20In=20the=20US,=20we=20have=20=
a=20service=20
that=20records
=20books=20on=20CD=20and=20digital=20form.=20=20It
=20is=20Learning=20Ally=20www.learningally.org.
=20I=20do=20not=20know=20if=20they=20provide=20service=20to=20study=20abroa=
d=20students,=20
but=20you
=20might=20check=20on=20that.=20=20Learning=20ally=20may=20have=20your=20te=
xtbooks=20in=20
their
=20library.
=20If=20you=20choose=20to=20use=20them,=20you=20might=20want=20to=20buy=20a=
=20VR=20Stream=20and=20
you=20can
=20use
=20an=20sd=20card=20to=20play=20their=20books.=20=20You=20could=20also=20bu=
y=20a=20vr=20stratus=20
which
=20plays
=20daisy=20cds.=20=20Both=20are=20available=20from=20humanware.
=20These=20are=20some=20other=20ideas=20here.=20=20I=20know=20you=20will=20=
need=20a=20way=20to=20
draw=20things
=20in=20your=20CS=20studies.=20=20They=20use=20a=20lot=20of=20flow=20charts=
=20and=20also=20if=20
you=20study
=20computer=20programming=20that=20has=20a=20lot=20of=20visual=20stuff=20to=
o.
=20You=20already=20know=20about=20freedom=20scientific=20because=20you=20us=
e=20jaws=20
and
=20openbook.
=20If=20you=20tell=20us=20how=20you=20plan=20to=20read=20your=20books=20and=
=20take=20notes=20I=20
might=20have
=20more=20suggestions.
=20Let=20me=20know=20if=20you=20need=20or=20want=20to=20know=20where=20to=20=
purchase=20these.=20=20
The=20first
=20four=20items=20are=20available=20from=20APH,=20American=20printing=20hou=
se=20for=20
the=20blind.
=20Click=20on=20products=20and=20then=20low=20vision=20reading=20and=20writ=
ing=20to=20
find=20these.
=201.=20=20bold=20line=20paper=20or=20bold=20line=20notebook;=20these=20lin=
es=20are=20
easier=20to=20see
=20than
=20standard=20loose=20leaf=20paper.
=202.=20=20writing=20guides;=20these=20are=20templates=20which=20you=20slid=
e=20a=20paper=20
into=20and
=20write=20between=20the=20boxes=20of=20the=20template;=20good=20for=20writ=
ing=20
straight=20if=20you
=20do
=20not=20have=20lined=20paper.
=203.=20=20large=20print=20ruler
=204.=20=20bold=20lined=20graph=20paper;=20might=20help=20as=20you=20draw=20=
concepts=20or=20
if=20you=20take
=20math=20classes
=205.=20=20a=20CCTV,=20it=92s=20a=20magnifier=20that=20you=20put=20a=20pape=
r=20or=20book=20
underneath=20it=20and
=20it=20magnifies=20print=20on=20the=20screen
=206.=20=20a=20digital=20recorder
=20Other=20tools=20for=20writing=20or=20drawing=20diagrams=20you=20can=20ge=
t=20at=20
general=20stores.
=20You=20could=20use=20Mr.=20=20Sketch=20markers=20some.=20=20They=20are=20=
multi=20clored=20
and=20good=20for
=20drawing=20contrasting=20lines.=20=20You=20might=20also=20use=20graphic=20=
art=20tape,=20
which=20is
=20in
=20red=20and=20black,=20so=20you=20could=20see=20and=20touch=20the=20lines=
=20if=20you=20used=20
both
=20colors.
=20Crayola=20also=20makes=20some=20thick=20markers=20you=20might=20also=20b=
e=20able=20to=20
see=20well
=20and
=20find=20useful.
=20Good=20luck.
=20Ashley
=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Hamid=20Hamraz
=20Sent:=20Saturday,=20June=2002,=202012=205:54=20AM
=20To:=20Blind=20Math=20;=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=
=20mailing=20
list
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Consultation=20regarding=20an=20Academic=20Mission=
=20
Needed
=20Dear=20all,
=20I=20am=20going=20to=20start=20a=20computer=20science=20graduate=20progra=
m=20in=20US=20in=20
the
=20upcoming=20fall.=20=20However,=20this=20is=20my=20first=20academic=20mis=
sion=20after=20
I=20got
=20visually=20impaired.=20=20The=20standard=20load=20for=20a=20semester=20w=
ould=20be=203=20
graduate
=20courses.=20=20On=20the=20other=20hand,=20as=20you=20know,=20we=20blinds=
=20and=20VI=20folks=20
are
=20remarkably=20slower=20in=20CS-related=20assignments=20like=20math,=20
programming,=20etc.
=20Now,=20I=20greatly=20appreciate=20it=20if=20experienced=20people=20in=20=
the=20list=20
offer=20me
=20suggestions=20regarding=20the=20course=20load,=20etc.=20=20Besides,=20I=
=20should=20
order
=20VI-related=20equipment=20for=20my=20workplace=20well=20in=20advance.=20=
=20So=20far=20
I've=20thought
=20about=20these:
=201.=20=20A=20large=20LCD=20(+25=20inch)
=202.=20=20Headphone
=203.=20=20Scanner
=204.=20=20Printer
=205.=20=20Whiteboard=20(on=20which=20I=20can=20read=20single=20letters=20a=
nd=20digits=20or=20
very=20large
=20figures/diagrams)
=206.=20=20Software=20(JAWS=20and=20Open=20Book=20to=20which=20I=20am=20ver=
y=20well=20
accustomed)
=207.=20=20An=20ergonomic=20keyboard=20with=20many=20extra=20function=20key=
s
=20Please=20note=20that=20I=20can=20not=20read=20Braille=20effectively=20(m=
ostly=20
because=20of
=20some
=20very=20little=20tremor=20in=20my=20hands=20and=20fingers).
=20If=20anybody=20has=20some=20other=20things=20to=20add=20to=20the=20list,=
=20I'd=20be=20glad=20
to=20hear.
=20Look=20forward=20to=20hearing=20back=20both=20your=20academic=20and=20no=
n-academic=20
advices.
=20Many=20thanks,
=20Hamid
=20_______________________________________________
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