[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday 8/2/17

Sun Aug 6 17:45:39 UTC 2017

Joyce;
Do you know there is jumbo braille for diabetics.
Check the NFB store for a slate.  I do not know if there is a labeler for
the jumbo braille.  Ask at the diabetic meeting I sent you imfo on.

Terry P.

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How many of you use Braille?
I use to use it more than I do now.

 How did you learn it?

The blind agency in my state gave me a teacher, but an hour every 2 or 3
weeks just didn't do it for me.

I practice and did not really learn the  alphabet until  I kinda forced the
blind agency to give me a Perkins Brailler.    It was not easy trying to
learn the alphabet and reversing it with a slate & stylist.

How I really learn the alphabet  was taking the Perkins with me to Girl
Scout Camp for 6 weeks  I brought the Perkins and the alphabet cards.  So I
played like I knew the positions of the dots and I told them to tell me the
positions of each letter in their first name.  Yep, in 6 weeks I learned the
Alphabet.  

Now keep in mind that there was an average of between 400 and 500 kids in
camp each week and once a week there was a sign up for kids to pick out a
project.  I want to say my Braille lesson was always full in the afternoon
and morning sessions.  I am thinking that in each session there had to be
like 35 to 45 kids.  Each week there could be different kids, so I was
popular.
The following year the Perkins went with me to camp and I did everyone's
name and for extra help I had the college counselors leaving me notes.  I
never knew when one of those notes would show up and I would have to figure
it out and tell the girls around me what it said.    That was on top of the
special sessions[that is what they called them].  I do refer to them as kids
as we did have some boys in camp.  If a parent worked the summer camp week
they would let the other children in the family go to camp at a reduced
rate.Gee I miss Girl Scout Camp. 

Do you know the whole code or just enough for labeling and such?
Never did learn the entire code and didn't learn any contractions.

How do you use it in your everyday life?
As I said above I don't use it hardly at all.  I do have the small one for
businesscards in case I need to put a phone number or that.

Do you use it for crafting and if so how?

This is why I wanted to learn Braille.  I had a candle business and I had
one of those dimo Brailler  and a large  print regular one.  When I switched
over from making candles and went to the granulated wax business for
children to make the candles, I needed a way to know what colors the wax was
or what fragrance  it was.  I would put the wax into 5 gallon plastic sealed
paint buckets.  Not all the wax was sented, but it came in all different
colors.  So I would put the wax in the buckets and the scented ones I would
use the letter labeler, but with the Braille labeler I would put the color.
The ones that didn't have a scent just Got the Braille.  I had to fill 16
oz. bottles with the granulated wax and put the correct one in the labeled
bottles.  Now John had fixed me up with these covered bins and he had cut
something to put in the bottom of  the bin that would hold each bottle up
and he had rigged up another bin that would lock into the bottom bin and
when you took the top off the bin all the bottles would be in place and not
tip and anyone that had sight could see the colors.  I would set 2 of these
bins on a table out in front of my booth at fairs, etc.and in the back part
of the booth I had a table with these large baskets with glass jars in all
shapes with screw tops or just plain.  I was blind when I did this and I had
a friend that would stand out and collect the money, help the kids and just
keep an eye out.  I sat in the back at a small table and I would stick the
candle wicks in the jars, trim the wicks, stuff cerran wrap in the top of
the jar so the colors would not get mixed up and put the top on and seal it
with packing tape.  I would top it off with a bow [I prefer gold small bows
or nearer to Xmas I used red ones. And the most important thing was on the
bottom I would put a lable that read:
Made by me!  The kids would walk away and others would show up with the
parents telling us they had to find us as they saw so and so with one of
these.

Just in case I should have said this at the start, the granulated wax looks
like and feels like sand art.  So it was candle art that the kids made.
Joyce
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday 8/2/17

Happy Wednesday to everyone.

Let's talk about Braille today.

How many of you use Braille?

How did you learn it?

Do you know the whole code or just enough for labeling and such?

How do you use it in your everyday life?

Do you use it for crafting and if so how?

I look forward to reading all the responses.

Nella

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