[nfbcs] Fwd: Happy Birthday Mr. Braille! - $200 discount on ourBraille products

[Albert Yoo]

Is there an assistive technology list? I had a question about the victor reader stream. Is there a sound digitital card reader on the laptop for the victor reader stream digital card? Thank you. Albert> From: everett at zufelt.ca> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:35:43 -0400> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Fwd: Happy Birthday Mr. Braille! - $200 discount on ourBraille products> > Good afternoon Liz,> > What does literacy mean to you? I would say that the least important part > of litercy is the medium by which the symbols are acquired, but is the > synthesis of the symbols into meaningful propositions.> > In other words, literacy is about successful communication, not about the > means of communication, be it dots, ink or sound.> > Thanks,> Everett> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Liz Bottner" <liz.bottner at gmail.com>> To: "'NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:23 PM> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Fwd: Happy Birthday Mr. Braille! - $200 discount on > ourBraille products> > > Hi all,> > I don't mean to offend or start any major heated discussion, but my own> personal view is that if someone cannot read print and doesn't know Braille,> then they are, by all means, illiterate. Just listening to audio or reading> via a screenreader on the computer, in my view, isn't actually reading;> that's having things reed to you. I'd be interested in others' thoughts on> this matter.> > Just my thoughts, for what they're worth,> > Liz> > email:> liz.bottner at gmail.com> Visit my livejournal:> http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com> Follow me on Twitter:> http://twitter.com/lizbot> > > > > _______________________________________________> nfbcs mailing list> nfbcs at nfbnet.org> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfbcs:> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/everett%40zufelt.ca> > > _______________________________________________> nfbcs mailing list> nfbcs at nfbnet.org> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfbcs:> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/albertyoo1%40hotmail.com
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