[nfb-db] Braille Compasses?

[Kerri Kosten]

Danielle:

i just did a search on braillebooks.com for braille compass.
The only thing that came up was a talking compass.
Thanks,
Kerri

On 4/13/13, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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