[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille, on different notes than before

Thu Aug 3 18:03:29 UTC 2017

Hi Jody, way to go!
I agree with you when a teacher or someone in the school system says "Oh, 
Braille is too expensive to teach, or, too cumbersome to carry around, or, 
Johnny can still see enough to read a book."
I think that it would be a good thing if sighted people learned Braille just 
in case they lost their sight.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jody ianuzzi via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2017 11:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille, on different notes than before

Hello Sandra and all,

I also have our OP. When I was in school I could read print if I stuck my 
nose in the book. I graduated from high school with a second grade reading 
speed. That was considered adequate?? I went to college but I was not able 
to keep up with the work and I did not finish. Something I have always 
regretted

I learn braille many years ago thanks to Ramona's book beginning braille for 
adults. I am now taking the Hadley braille literacy 4 course to learn you 
EB.

I love braille! I can finally read at arms length and I am no longer limited 
by my ever decreasing vision. My reaction to learning braille is very 
emotional! I am excited and feel I am making up for lost time. It is 
awesome!

I am a huge advocate for braille especially for low vision students! Doesn't 
it make sense that a child that cannot see should learn to read braille?

JODY

thunderwalker321 at gmail.com

"What's within you is stronger than what's in your way."  NO BARRIERS  Erik 
Weihenmayer

> On Aug 3, 2017, at 9:44 AM, Sandra Streeter via Nfb-krafters-korner 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Since I missed reading yesterday’s submissions, I hope it’s okay to 
> continue with thoughts on Braille. As I just said, I am decidedly anti-UEB 
> and have been since they did some surveys years prior to rolling out the 
> new system. I have cancelled one Braille mag because of my frustration 
> with it. Some of the new contractions make it harder for me to pronounce 
> the words (e.g., r, ed, u, c, tion, gets pronounced “red duction” in my 
> brain). Despite the supposed space-savings, I am finding a lot of clutter 
> that a literary Braille user like me just doesn’t need to see. I wish that 
> there had been two systems: one for academic work (in which you really do, 
> often, need to see things like underline and bolding, if you’re doing a 
> paper for instance), and one for those just wanting to have Braille for 
> personal uses, like what I’m about to list:
>
>
> I had it easy, since I am blind due to severe ROP and there was no choice 
> but to learn Braille for me prior to all the audio tech options today:
> So, these are the spheres in which I use Braille, on a daily basis, 
> really:
>
>
> * All my CDs, DVDs and NLS cartridges are labeled. I live alone, and even 
> if not, wouldn’t choose to constantly check in with a sighted partner 
> about what a given item is.
>
> * Kitchen products, food items (once run through my ID Mate), cleaning 
> stuff? All labeled!
>
> * Perfumes, other health and beauty items, Braille labeled;
>
> * Appliance labels
>
> * Index cards for various oral presentations on blindness, eating 
> disorders and poetry; handouts for said presentations, Braille-labeled at 
> the bottom for easy distribution; Braille hardcopies of handouts also 
> used.
>
> * Notes for mastering new equipment—Brailled again;
>
> * Recipes
>
> * Craft patterns (either found commercially or transcribed from a 
> recording from a borrowed Braille copy or someone’s print copy being read 
> aloud); also, any mathematical conversions for sizing that need to 
> happen—I’m a very visual learner, so just doing it on an audio calc doesn’t 
> work well.
>
> * French language materials—two very large goals, to read “Les Mis” in its 
> original language, and to write an entire poem in French
>
> * Directions for a travel route;
>
> * Notes to self—from phone calls, conversations, etc;
>
> * Phone #s and addresses—just getting them off a notetaker doesn’t work 
> for me, since I’m a very visual learner
>
> * Old mail—Braille labeled after scanning or meeting with live reader;
>
> * Braille music scores for church choir and for Mystic River Chorale—no 
> notation (I found Braille music too tedious, so devised a system of raised 
> markings to help with the trickier aspects of mastering music);
>
> * Braille Bible—especially useful for liturgist activities;
>
> * favorite poetry in Braille—though I had to transcribe it from audio 
> because unavailable in commercial formats;
>
> * My own poetry—all Brailled, either initially, or if I’m up for a 
> challenge and want to try writing something via computer first, 
> transcribed later;
>
> * Braille mags—at this point, several devotionals, “Dialogue” and “Poetry”, 
> and several newsletters.
>
> * Once in a great while,  Braille books—especially for reading aloud, or 
> mastering anything I have to really study; audio okay for leisure reading, 
> but not for study;
>
> * Short grocery lists too small to bother printing out;
>
> I think I about covered everything.
>
>
>
>
> Sandra
>
> One can never consent to creep, when one feels an impulse to soar.
> (Helen Keller)
>
>
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