[nfb-db] Braille Compasses?

[Danielle Burton]

Hi, Kerri. i've seen braille compasses on the NFB store and I've alike seen them on www.braillebooks.com 
They cost around $60 or so. 

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On Apr 13, 2013, at 7:20 PM, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone:
> 
> One of the biggest tools I used at LCB and still use now is a braille
> compass. It helps me with everything since I can't localize. If I
> veered into a parking lot or driveway or something I would use it to
> help me get back on track by turning the correct cardinal direction.
> My instructor let me keep the braille compass he gave me to use during
> training as a gift.
> Well, a person that I talk to all the time that is a cane travel
> instructor in another state just informed me that when he/she has
> students with hearing loss he/she can no longer find braille compasses
> to give them. I did a google search, and from my looking it seems
> braille compasses are no longer made.
> Do you all use them, and if so where can you get them now?
> Mine is working fine, but if it ever breaks it seems I won't be able
> to get a new one.
> More importantly with hearing loss, without a braille compass how do
> you determine what cardinal direction you are going if there is no
> sun? This just kind of alarms me that they are no longer made because
> I use mine so much for everything. It helps me orient since I can't
> localize.
> Is there a newer technology out there or something that is available
> now where the braille compasses have become outdated?
> I know the Iphone has a compass in it, and I used it a little, but
> with hearing in only one ear I can't hear the iphone and listen to the
> traffic/environment around me at the same time.
> Thanks,
> Kerri
> 
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