<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Don’t forget sightedcomputer programmers like me who are interested in the development of software are used to convert print to braille or braille to print. I started developing my website almost 25 years ago to explain braille to other sighted people.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">www.dotlessbraille.org</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 24, 2024, at 11:56 AM, Kendra Schaber <redwing731@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div dir="ltr">That would be an interesting experiment! The only sighted people I know who knows braille are braille teachers, teachers of other blindness skills that also envolve the use of braille and those who just want to write to their blind friends or
family members the old school way. My blind friend has a sighted friend who actually taught himself how to read and write braille just so he could write to my blind friend. He even taught himself the slate and stylus! I don’t know if he reads braille with
his fingers or his eyes. I also don’t know how fast he reads braille compared to print. I do know that they can write hand written letters to each other in braille. </div>
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<div class="PlainText">What might actually be an interesting study is to compare adult learners who happen to learn to read braille visually before they have vision problems versus those who are not familiar with btaille until they have to start directly with
tactile reading. If it turns out that prior visual reading of braille is helpful in these cases, it suggests that older people learn to read simulated braille visually just in case they might ever need it.<br>
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Susan Joll<br>
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> On Apr 24, 2024, at 8:30 AM, Sanho Steele-Louchart via NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion@nfbnet.org> wro<br>
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> Ramona: <br>
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> Was referring to adult learners, yes. I suspect the brain will adapt more quickly if I ask it to use Braille for nearly all daily literacy tasks. I was simply surprised not to see this approach discussed much in literature or research.
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>> On Apr 24, 2024, at 10:38 AM, Ramona W via NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br>
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>> Are you talking about the brand new learner of<br>
>> Braille who is an adult? Very few, if any, kids who learn Braille at a young age will experience fatigue if they are learning braille with their schoolwork. If we can get adults to relax hands and full bodies, they will experience much less fatigue, both
physical and mental. Don't know for sure what you mean by immersion. If I read a lot because a book is very exciting, I might need a break, whether the book is Braille or recorded. I don't think there has been much research on any of this. If research is
done, I hope it will be done well. Unfortunately, that has not always been the case.<br>
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>> Best,<br>
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>> Ramona<br>
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>>>> On 4/23/2024 6:16 PM, Sanho Steele-Louchart via NFB-Braille-Discussion wrote:<br>
>>> All:<br>
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>>> Not seeing any research on this. Have you found better results with braille immersion over speech or do you find that immersion results in diminishing returns given neurological and cognative fatigue?<br>
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