[nfb-db] Braille Compasses?

[Kerri Kosten]

I'll look on the lss website again Beth but I thought it said earlier
when I looked it wasn't unavailable.
LSS was one of the results when I did a google search so I clicked on
it earlier.
Oh, and I'll look on braillebooks.com. I haven't tried there yet.
Kerri

On 4/13/13, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys:
>
> Okay, I just looked at the independence market online.
> It says the braille compass is currently unavailable.
> I looked on the LsS website and it also ways the nexis braille compass
> is not available.
> Sorry.
> Danielle, were you able to order one from the Independence market?
> I'm sorry it says this guys.
> Thanks,
> Kerri
>
> On 4/13/13, Beth Koenig <bethko at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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