[NFB-Braille-Discussion] want to help a friend with brai

[Donald Winiecki]

It would be terrific if you could provide the exact symbols in a message to
the list. I'm sure we can help figure this out!

Best,

_don


On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 10:54 AM Jasmyn Po via NFB-Braille-Discussion <
nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I think its UEB
>
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>   On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 9:02 AM, Brown, Debbie<dabro at loc.gov> wrote:
>  I suppose that the dashes are there to show that the dots are all part of
> one cell, such as writing dots 4-5-6.
>
> Debbie Brown
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> On Behalf Of Jasmyn Po via NFB-Braille-Discussion
> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2019 4:04 PM
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> Cc: Jasmyn Po <jazzyep94 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] want to help a friend with brai
>
> I am confused about something with my Braille drawing book. I wanted to
> know if you guys could help me. Throwing one of the instructions on how to
> draw a snowman in Braille, I saw a dot 5 6 p and a. Four five six and the
> Dash's were in between the numbers. Do you guys have any idea what this is?
>
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>   On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 12:26 PM, Annely Rose via NFB-Braille-Discussion<
> nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:  Hi,
>
> Has she tried jumbo or larger braille?  Jumbo braillers and jumbo braille
> slates are available.  There is limited material available from NLS, I
> think, in this format if she wants to try it.  At least it was available
> about 9 years ago.  Don't know if they have gotten rid of it.  Best wishes
> to her.
>
> Hugs and blessings,
> Annely
>
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> On Behalf Of ken lawrence via NFB-Braille-Discussion
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> Subject: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] want to help a friend with braille
>
> Hi list ken from NJ here.  A question popped into my head about
> something.  Early this year I got a friend into the NFB into one of our
> local divisions.  Still working on the chapter part.  I had gone to school
> with her about 50 years ago when we were very young. She had cerebral palsy
> like me and is now living in a home run by enable Inc. that is formerly
> united cerebral palsy in NJ.  She graduated the new York institute for the
> blind in 1975.  My question is she has lost the sensitivity in her fingers
> and can no longer read braille.  Am pretty sure she still remembers her
> braille but it’s a problem lets say if she wanted or needed to take down a
> phone number.  Are there any courses or perhaps some kind of a therapy that
> she could have to sharpen her sensitivity in her fingers to once again read
> braille?  I have heard of that happening sometimes I don’t know if this is
> related to cerebral palsy or not but when I knew her she didn’t have
> problem with her hands, just her legs like me.  We all took occupational
> therapy classes while at the matheny school in Peapack.  Any thought
> braille users?  Thanks.
>
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