[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille verses talking

Tue Jun 29 12:55:23 UTC 2010

You are right.  I love my Braille Sense but it breaks a lot more than my 35 
year old Perkins.  There are also times when I want hard copy braille.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille verses talking


> Technology is wonderful and amazing until it breaks.  *grin*  I rely on 
> technology as much as the next person, but there's nothing like holding 
> something and reading it.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sahar Husseini
> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Please visit my Website at
> www.saharscreations.com
> And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
> If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
> Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
> Michael Jordan
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: River Woman
>  To: List for blind crafters and artists
>  Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:26 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille verses talking
>
>
>  I agree with you and that is how I do it, too. I can understand why young
>  students rely on technology because I have seen them operating their 
> devices
>  and they are whiz kids at getting information and recording notes, and 
> other
>  things they need as college students. I was very impressed when I met
>  several of the young students when I was at the shcool in Homestead. I
>  stayed on to give a couple of lectures there, so that the blind students
>  could encounter what the classroom lecture would be like, and how they 
> would
>  deal with it. They truly are amazing, what they can do. And, they are 
> really
>  good at Braille as well. Lynda
>  Lynda Lambert
>  River Road Studio, Since 1976
>  www.lyndalambert.com
>  ----- 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 6:53 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
>  >
>  > ~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
>  >
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  > [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>  > 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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