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

[David Andrews]

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At 02:20 PM 1/6/2009, you wrote:

>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> > > > > 
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