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

[Dean Martineau]

I have to say that I agree with Everett, but at the same time, the
conversation isn't too useful and can take away from the essential point.  I
am a very literate person, using both Braille and audio reading techniques
quite effectively.  Nobody will tell me that I am not reading, processing
information, when I read auditorially.  At the same time, the real point is
that for a blind person to succeed in the world of work and independent
living, competency in Braille is somewhere between highly beneficial and
essential.  A blind person without high Braille competence has many more
opportunities than one who does not.  So yes, non-braille readers can be
literate, but the more Braille one has, the better.

Dean


-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of E.J. Zufelt
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:36 AM
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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

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