[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille verses talking

[Dixie]

As a person with fairly recent  sight loss, I use Braille occasionally.  I
learned grade 1 right after losing my sight, 6 years ago, but grade 2 was a
struggle.  I have labeled my spices, some light switches for the outside
lights, some bottles in the bathroom, where I don't want my ID mate to be
exposed to the moisture, and those kinds of things.  Other than that I count
on my ID Mate for most identification of household cleaners, pantry items
and that kind of thing.  I have started taking Braille courses again from
Hadley.  I say I read at a second grade level.  Painfully slowly, one word
at a time, but it is reading.  I have to say when someone said that I was
illiterate since I could no longer read for myself, I have to admit I was a
bit indignant.

I hope to be able to use Braille more efficiently, the idea of labeling my
yarn is a definite hope.  Braille numbers on my bead bottles certainly is a
valuable use of Braille, but for reading, I count on my Jaws to jabber at
me.  I can much more efficiently find information in my computer than
rifling through a bunch of Brailed papers.



Dixie

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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille verses talking

I prefer to listen to a pattern directions on my computer in a doc  file.  
That way I can listen word by word, immediately put a note in it or  mark an

X where I am if the phone rings or I stop.  I save the doc file as  a 
separate file from my original one and entitle the file as working on
sweater, , 
etc. 
 
To each their own way.
 
Joyce  Kane
www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com 
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