[Nfb-krafters-korner] The Perkins Braille Drawings Book

[ncbootman at gmail.com]

Valerie,

You need to contact Perkins and talk to a person. It is my understanding 
that the instructions should be in braille. If they are not, they need to 
make this more clear.

Greg

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From: Valerie via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:11 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Cc: Valerie
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] The Perkins Braille Drawings Book

Hi all,
I bought my own copy of the “Drawing with Your Perkins” book a week or so 
ago, and I just got it today. I asked them to give me a Braille copy of the 
book, and I expected that the instructions would be brailled too. Either 
this assumption is mistaken, or they gave me a print copy after all. In 
between each of the Braille drawings are a few print pages. My question is: 
Does the print version just show pictures of the Braille dots, or does it 
have the actual Braille drawings in it for demonstration purposes? My sister 
has partial sight, and she said that the print pages in between had 
instructions for each picture on them, but I couldn’t find them written in 
Braille. I knew how to make most of the drawings in the book because I have 
the Marie Porter PDF file, and they have similar drawings in each—something 
else I didn’t know—but I had hoped for further direction, and maybe even a 
little more background info on how Braille Pictures came to be. If the text 
is only in print in both versions, they should just give you an option to 
download an electronic copy. Once I got that, I could then braille them out 
myself. I use my Braille Note to read the instructions for each drawing, and 
Braille it out line by line with my Perkins Braillewriter. Even the title of 
the book isn’t labeled in Braille, which I found surprising. Is it meant to 
be specifically for Braille transcribers who want to Braille out pictures 
for us blind folk? Mostly I’m just confused, but I’m going to keep the book 
because it’s bound a little better than the sketches I made and may last 
longer as a result.
Hope you all are well.
Take care,
Valerie
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