[NFB-Braille-Discussion] Braille Display Proposal: “Learning Mode”

Wed Nov 23 20:40:02 UTC 2022

It cannot be done on the Orbit since there are no cursor router keys. That was a deal breaker for me purchasing it.

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Would you or anyone else happen to know how to do this with an Orbit Reader 20 Plus? How, exactly, does this work? The only Braille display with which I have ever worked is this one.

Thanks.

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> On Nov 23, 2022, at 2:00 PM, Jen via NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>  If you put your cursor router button on a word, the braille display will translate it into uncontracted braille.
>    On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 01:52:08 PM EST, Brown, Debbie via NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:  
> 
> Full versions of braille translation programs actually can do that, but most of our braille displays can do either contracted or uncontracted.  
> 
> Debbie
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> Subject: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] Braille Display Proposal: “Learning Mode”
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> Greetings. I am a relatively new/novice reader of Braille. I am fluent in Grade 1 and am only now learning UEB.
> 
> Considering this, I had an idea! 💡 Not sure how this idea would 
> ultimately work, but, here goes…
> 
> What if Braille displays had a way to switch to something we might call “Learning Mode”. In “Learning Mode”, for example, we could set the display only to translate into UEB those signs/features we have already learned but keep the rest in Grade 1 until we are advanced enough in our learning to be able to read more UEB. This would allow those of us still learning UEB still to be able to practice what we’ve learned and to benefit from the faster reading that UEB provides while, at the same time, not being overwhelmed by what we don’t yet know. In my opinion, this would also do much to promote even more reading of Braille.
> 
> Admittedly, this was just a random flash of an idea and it may either not work or need some modification on greater reflection, but I’m just throwing it out there to see what users and even possibly Braille device producers who might be on here might think.
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> Ms. Misty D. Kienzynski
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> Incoming Treasurer, Indiana State Affiliate
> 
> Membership Chair
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> National Federation of the Blind of Indiana
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> Phone: 812-381-0073
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> E-mail: mkienzyn at alumni.iu.edu
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