[nfb-db] Braille Compasses?

[Beth Koenig]

Lssproducts.com has the Nexus braille compass, it's number 16B in their
2012 catalog. It's $72.
Thanks, Beth Koenig
 On Apr 13, 2013 7:04 PM, "Danielle Burton" <danielleburton94 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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 now where the braille compasses have become outdated?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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