[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille

[Annette Carr]

Yes, Dave, that is correct.  However, I do not know if they still make it.
It was not any faster to use this type of slate, but for some people it was
easier.  What Dave said is correct about letting the pattern of the dot or
contraction take over, but for a segment of the population they just can't
get their brain and hands to work a traditional slate.

Annette


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Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 7:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille

I remember seeing a slate where the dots stick up, and the stylus is hollow
and goes down over the dot, making the paper form a dot. So you can write
left to right.  I don't remember it being any faster.

Also, a good slate user memorizes the dot patterns, and lets muscle memory
take over, ... you press here and here for this letter, etc.  If you start
thinking about a given letter being backwards from something else, most
people have problems.  They get confused.

Dave

At 05:27 PM 8/28/2016, you wrote:
>Have anyone out there ever had or used a slate and sstyiles that you 
>worked it from left to right and didn't have to flip it???
>
>That would be cool.  You would not have to flip the letters backward or 
>should I say right to left when you did it.
>
>Joyce


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