[nabs-l] Braille being placed on the back burnner

[Arielle Silverman]

Without technology, I wouldn't be able to read and write emails and
text messages in contracted Braille. Nor would I be able to write
research papers and send them to sighted colleagues using Braille,
spell-check and grammar-check my students' papers in Braille, etc.
It's ridiculous to pit Braille and technology against each other
because technology makes Braille flexible and portable as Antonio
pointed out. The real problem is that Braille technology is so
expensive it doesn't make Braille affordable or accessible to all.
Arielle

On 6/23/14, Antonio Guimaraes via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I agree that braille is alive today.
>
> I don’t subscribe to the argument that technology will break down, and one
> can’t function without it.
>
> Technology and digital braille only means that braille is lighter, ad more
> portable. It is also searchable, editable, and flexible.
>
> Try carrying a braille writer with you at all times. add to that all the
> notes you think you’ll need. Try maintaining a calendar in braille, changing
> appointments in it, and making recurring appointments for repeating tasks.
>
> I tried some of that once, and I could not maintain reliable appointment
> calendar even with an entire page listing date and time. I used a slate for
> that, and it took me time to get out the folder, find the day, read it,
> change it,. I could never err ace, replace, or insert appointments, and I
> ran out of space once I allocated a few lines to a time slot.
>
> This system would not allow me to search for the anticipated NABS
> presidential forum by subject. Finding it would require reading through a
> lot of braille pages, and maybe never finding the thing.
>
> Add the Braille Sense, and most of my note-taking needs are taken care of. I
> use braille functionally, and I’m never giving it up.
>
> See you somewhere at the exhibit hall on Saturday at convention. Wait, that
> was the wrong day. I’ll have to erase that note, and add a new one to
> Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday if I have space on my calendar, if not my
> schedule,  to add it.
>
> With feeling,
>
> Antonio
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2014, at 8:55 PM, Aleeha Dudley via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello RJ,
>> Not for a moment do I believe that Braille has ever been put on the back
>> burner. What about all the Braille  displays that we use? Do I think that
>> we might rely on our technology a little too much? Yes, but, doesn't the
>> rest of society?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jun 22, 2014, at 8:29 PM, RJ Sandefur via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I feel that Braille is being This was back in 2004. I bring this up in
>>> order to pose this question. Aren't we as blind people depending on our
>>> techknollogy to much? What if your computer brakes down, and you have to
>>> use braille? If you don't know braille, then you can forget about even
>>> becoming employed! RJ
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