[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille verses talking
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lauraeaves at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 25 00:19:55 UTC 2010
I agree--i'd be indignant also.
Perhaps you could call that person deficient because of the lack of
sensitivity in his fingers to read braille.
--le
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille verses talking
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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Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:01 PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
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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