[nfb-db] Braille Compasses?

[Kerri Kosten]

Hi:

After I sent my messages I thought of this.
I use a Iphone on a regular basis and I can hear it.
So, I guess when I stop I could see what direction I am pointing and
then turn if it is wrong.
Have you found the Iphone compass to be accurate?
I have only used it once, I used the braille compass the whole time I
was in t4raining.
Thanks,
Kerri

On 4/13/13, Danielle Burton <danielleburton94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never bought one. I thought about it but since I have enough hearing to
> hear my phone. I mean when I stop that is I just use it. I I'm like you I
> can't listen to both phone and traffic. But I'll see if I can't find any for
> sale. I'll ask my friend since che can find almost anything onlinwh. And
> I'll get back to you.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 13, 2013, at 11:40 PM, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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