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

[slery]

Audio is great on so many levels and one of the things I like most about
Daisy books (those that include both audio and text) is the ability to
choose what is most appropriate for that item and be able to switch when
needed.

One such example, that happens to only come on cassette but wish I had
daisy, is Smart Computing. Most of the time listening to an issue is just
fine. However, sometimes I find an article that is especially useful. It
would really help if it was in text format so that I could use a braille
display when reviewing particular sections that I needed to reference to
solve a problem. Really long internet addresses are extremely hard to follow
in an audio format. Also, some things just make more sense when looking at
how they are setup "visually" (tactually).

Cindy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wunder
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 6:53 PM
> To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Fwd: Happy Birthday Mr. Braille! - $200 
> discount onourBraille products
> 
> 
> I can't speak for Liz, but encouraging the use of braille and 
> saying that it 
> is a tool that dramatically enhances the chances of being 
> literate doesn't 
> in any way diminish the value of a live reader, a tape 
> recorder, or some 
> kind of digital playback device. We need all of those things 
> to live and 
> survive in the world, but far too often people believe that we can do 
> without braille without ever considering that they want all 
> of the audio 
> options we now have but would never think about sacrificing a way to 
> directly interact with information as they do with print.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Albert Yoo" <albertyoo1 at hotmail.com>
> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Fwd: Happy Birthday Mr. Braille! - $200 
> discount onour 
> Braille products
> 
> 
> 
> What about hiring a reader to read mail to you That would be 
> some one else 
> reading to you having a screen reader or audio book Are 
> readers okay? > 
> From: liz.bottner at gmail.com> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org> Date: Tue, 
> 6 Jan 2009 
> 14:23:44 -0500> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Fwd: Happy Birthday Mr. 
> Braille! - $200 
> discount on our Braille 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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