[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT Braille

[Susan Ford]

The name of the slate which lets you write from left to right is the Swale
Dot Inverter. It isn't all it's cracked up to be, and the dots are not as
good as they should be. Ramona's suggestion of "first side" and "second
side" is the approach I have taken in teaching Braille. In more than 40
years. I wonder how many students I have had in that time? 
Susan Ford 
  


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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 9:05 PM
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One of my soapboxes is to get teachers ( all of them) to think of dots one
two and three as the first side of the cell and four five six as the second
side of the cell.  Then starting at the other end of the slate does not
change the progression of the Braille.  Then you only have to keep track of
the end of the line where you start.  Everything else is in progression.  It
seems pretty simple to me.  And I have never had a student who couldn't
understand this if somebody had not already confused them with some other
approach.  
Ramona

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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Marianne Denning via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 4:37 PM
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Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
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Joyce, I either heard of someone working on something like that or it is out
there.  Or, maybe that is in my dreams.  That is why it is so important to
learn the dot combinations when you learn braille.  When you use the slate
and styllus dots 1, 2 and 3 are on the right.  It really made it easier for
me to use it when I changed how I thought of the slate and styllus.  I am
still not the greatest but I can get the job done.

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner <
nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> 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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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053
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