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

Thu May 19 17:08:10 UTC 2016

I honestly have no idea what the book contains aside from the Braille pictures themselves. I think it must have some kind of instructions because my sister read a few lines on a page, but only briefly. I don’t know if it contains anything about technique for making your own designs, though I wish it did. I still need to call Perkins to see what happened.
Valerie
> On May 19, 2016, at 8:34 AM, Sandra Gayer via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Valerie,
> Does the book only have instructions? Aren't there any pages about
> technique relating to coming up with your own designs?
> 
> Very best wishes,
> Sandra.
> 
> On 5/19/16, minh ha via Nfb-krafters-korner
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 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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