[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille verses talking
Marianne Denning
mdenning at cinci.rr.com
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
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> > Blindhands at AOL.com
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