[Nfb-krafters-korner] product help
Blindhands at aol.com
Blindhands at aol.com
Thu May 23 19:37:41 UTC 2013
Now here is my idea...
You want something small enough to put in your pocket or pocketbook.
First go out and purchase some businesscards You can get them in a office
supply store. I have a signature guide that also has a slate for
businesscards on it. Put your information on the cards with the businesscard slate
and get a diaper pin or large safety pin. after you Brailed your cards and
put them in alphabetic order poke the upper corner and slide them on the
pin close up the pin and toss it in your purse and you have your own just
the right size address/phone number reference.
If you pick up folks businesscards you can also slate name and phone number
on the back side of the card and add it into your book. That way the
print is on the back for the sighted and the Braille is for you.
Joyce Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
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In a message dated 5/22/2013 9:11:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
gary.brewer at comcast.net writes:
Here is what I like to do.
When I have a group of items to safe together, for instance recipes or
patterns, I use an old calendar. The pictures are usually so pretty that I
feel the booklet can sit out. You're right, sometimes a good friend will say,
"do you know that is last year's calendar you have there?" But I guess it
goes along with my touching bowl. Makes me just a bit off center. lol
But actually, the thick paper of most calendars are great for braille. I
have one calendar offered to us from the funeral home my Grandma was buried
from. Good recipes and good memories of my Grandma's life.
Henrietta
On May 22, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Terry Knox wrote:
> Cindy,
> Great idea, I am really getting an education on these project.
> Terry K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
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> Behalf Of Zimmer, Cindy
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:22 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] product help
>
> Just to add an idea for everyone. A former co-worker of the agency would
> use recycled state directories (phone books of state workers) to keep
notes
> in. In Nebraska, they are bound with a spiral closure so they flip
nicely
> from one page to another. Yes, they still had the Print information on
> them, but she was blind and couldn't see it anyway so what better way to
> use up the old books!
>
> Hope this idea helps someone!
>
> Cindy Z.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ramona Walhof
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:45 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] product help
>
> Terry, do you want it to be electronic or paper? You can use a file box
for
> paper records, 3x5 for phone numbers; 4x6 for a little more information;
or
> 5x8 for patterns or longer notes, even recipes. You can get one, two, or
> four drawer filing cabinets in plastic or metal or wood. You can get
letter
> size (8.5x11 or legal size 8x14. You can use binders of about any size.
> Loose-leaf are always convenient. I believe you can get clear plastic
> dividers or the regular file folder weight. You can write Braille on
about
> any file card or folder. You will find better selections at an office
supply
> store, such as Office Depot or Staples, than at WalMart or a grocery
store.
> If you like clear plastic, the NFB Independence Market has small sizes of
> clear plastic cards. You can order from Thermoform in larger
quantities. I
> would have to look up thermoform on the internet, but it is in California
> and still sells plastic sheets.
>
> Any of the electronic notetakers would work for about any records you
> want to keep, unless they are huge. In my BrailleNote, I have phone
numbers
> and email addresses, knitting patterns, meeting minutes, books from BARD
and
> Bookshare, and on and on. The only disadvantage is cost. Any Braille
user
> will LOVE a Braille NoteTAker if he or she can afford one. They are not
all
> alike, but people tend to use and like what they get. The differences
have
> been written up in the Braille Monitor. And they will all be in the
Exhibit
> Room at Convention.
> Ramona
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Knox" <tknox6 at sc.rr.com>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] product help
>
>
>> Thanks Terry, I am thinking about all of these.
>> Terry K
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:27 PM
>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] product help
>>
>> Now I use a note taker, but in the past and for some things, I still
>> do, I use the clear plastic braille paper.
>> It can be bought in regular size or 5/7 inch. If you look in staples
>> or maybe Walmart, you can find a note book for the smaller, 3 hole
paper.
>> You can have a page per letter of the alphabet or just keep names in
>> alphabetical order.
>> Be careful when you braille on this plastic, because you can not erase
>> the dots, well.
>> The smaller book is handy to cary around.
>>
>> Also, in the past, I have used a large rolodex, at home and one in the
>> office. Large ones are hard to find!
>> They are great for an office but not for transporting.
>> Here are some choices and I work in an office if you have any more
>> questions.
>>
>> Terry P.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Terry Knox [mailto:tknox6 at sc.rr.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:01 PM
>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] product help
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>> Need a referral please. I am trying to find a telephone/address to
>> list Braille info in or a file fax book that can remove pages to
>> braille and return pages. I have tried the regular companies from Maxi
>> Aids to American Printing House, no such thing, I am told to invent
>> one myself. Any suggestions. Thanks Terry K
>>
>>
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