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

[minh ha]

I would call Perkins and ask them about this. I know the book exists
entirely in braille because a friend of mine has a copy, so they might
have simply sent you the wrong version.

On 5/18/16, Valerie via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Yeah, I thought the same thing, and I planned to call them today, but I live
> in California, so by the time I realized something was not right, it was
> 3:00 my time, and since they’re 3 hours ahead of me, I figured their offices
> would be closed. I’m going to call tomorrow during my break between my art
> history and sculpture classes.
> Valerie
>> On May 18, 2016, at 6:32 PM, ncbootman--- via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Valerie via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:11 PM
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>> 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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