[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles

[Carolyn Lapp]

thank you! take care
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marianne Denning" <mdenning at cinci.rr.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles


> This is not Lynda but it can be purchased from Independent Living Aids.
>
> Marianne
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carolyn Lapp" <lappland at bellsouth.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles
>
>
>> hi linda,
>> where can a person purchase one of the Bonz Milestones? take care.
>>
>> carolyn
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles
>>
>>
>>> Joyce,
>>> I do have a bar code scanner, and a scanner that I can put in pages or 
>>> books and it will read them back to me (Kurzweil), and my best thing is 
>>> the Bonz Milestone. It has four different folders  in the internal 
>>> memory, and I can also use an external memory for more folders. Then, 
>>> each folder holds a LOT of files in them too. I use it for my addresses, 
>>> phone numbers, knitting patterns, notes, etc. It is small, like a credit 
>>> card, and fits in thepasm of my hand. I can put it around my neck and 
>>> take it anywhere or put it in my purse. So with all these devices, I can 
>>> find things quickly and easily.
>>> I am an avid reader, and read about 10-15 books a month, and do that 
>>> through the Library of Congress program...I can get any book I want that 
>>> way usually.
>>>
>>> I am a quick learner, and learned the alphabet very quickly when I was 
>>> at the Blind and Vision Rehabilitation  School  in Homestead, PA. After 
>>> coming home, I did follow up and do some work through Hadly. But 
>>> finally, I thought it is so much more efficient for ME to use technology 
>>> which works so well for me. Instead of writing letters to someone, I 
>>> email them, or call them on the phone and talk in person which to me 
>>> makes a lot more sense than writing a ltter.
>>> Lynda Lambert
>>> River Road Studio, Since 1976
>>> www.lyndalambert.com
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:07 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille was RE: needles
>>>
>>>
>>>> I, too lost my sight in my mid age at 46 and learning Braille is a real
>>>> challenge.  I do not have the sensitivity in my fingers after poking my
>>>> fingers for blood sugars for a long time now.  Gee if I was a kid and 
>>>> could
>>>> learn everything I needed when I was an adult Braille would be high on 
>>>> my list,
>>>> but besides labeling things I don't use much Braille.
>>>>
>>>> If  I save my money and get one of these bar code scanners I would use
>>>> Braille even less then I use it now.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joyce  Kane
>>>> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>>>> Blindhands at AOL.com
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