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

Tue Dec 31 02:49:34 UTC 2019

sorry the topic is not rite. I need a talking/braille cowlinder please
2020Cowlynder where can I get 1?

On 12/30/19, Jasmyn Po via NFB-Braille-Discussion
<nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Why thank you for the assistance. (:
>
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>   On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 6:18 PM, Steve
> Jacobson<steve.jacobson at outlook.com> wrote:   Jasmyn,
>
> You mentioned that these instructions were in a drawing book.  My guess is
> that there probably is a section in that book that explains the approach
> that they are using to instruct you which dots to press.  The goal is to
> have you create a pattern of dots that will look like a shape when you touch
> it.  Therefore, it probably doesn't have anything to do with UEB or even the
> grade of braille.  They are just trying to tell you which characters or dot
> patterns to emboss to make up the shape of the drawing.
>
> As several people have already written, when you see digits separated by
> dashes, it is likely that you push those keys at the same time and then
> release those keys.  Every character could be written as digits separated by
> dashes, but it is faster to indicate the letter "P" rather than writing
> 1-2-3-4.  If the "P" is written with the dots five and six embossed before
> it, but the instructions don't actually say 5-6 p, then the dots five and
> six are a letter-sign or grade one indicator to make it clear that the
> single letter "P" is to be written as others have suggested.  I would not
> expect that you would use dots five and six before the letter P unless the
> instructions actually say dots 5-6 p.
>
> The challenge of doing something like this is that you have to do it exactly
> right to have it come out correctly.  To be absolutely certain, look to see
> if the notation being used is described somewhere in the book itself as I
> mentioned before.  I think we are making pretty good guesses to help you,
> but if you can find a section in the book that explains all of this, that
> should be your source.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion-bounces at nfbnet.org> On
> Behalf Of Jasmyn Po via NFB-Braille-Discussion
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 1:51 PM
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> Cc: Jasmyn Po <jazzyep94 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] want to help a friend with brai
>
> Aww now that makes better sense. Thank you sooo much ! I am going to  try
> the snowman again. Are the dashes between 456 mean one at a time or I press
> all the keys on the braille writer for the last part of line one in making a
> shamrock?
>
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>   On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 4:03 PM, Jasmyn Po<jazzyep94 at yahoo.com> wrote:  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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> Behalf Of ken lawrence via NFB-Braille-Discussion
> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2019 11:46 AM
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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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