[Nfbf-l] YIPPEE!! Keep the votescoming! HelplittleAldenPorterwin ...

Tue Sep 10 10:50:54 UTC 2013

I have been reading the posts with interest (and some envy? lol). What a blessing for Alden and his family!! I have not seen the SMART Brailler myself, but it sounds like a wonderful tool. As an educator, I know how important it is to ensure a student is learning correctly. Very difficult to unlearn mistakes. Holly, you are spot on with your assessment of that.

Hope meet Alden and his family at convention this summer!

Debby
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~"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read."~Mark Twain

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 From: Holly Idler <hbeanie at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] YIPPEE!! Keep the votescoming!	HelplittleAldenPorterwin ...

I truly believe that children learn better when they are corrected on the spot. This helps with cane travel and Braille. If a child is taught that dots 1,2,3 is the letter l, but practices and studies that its a letter b. that a bad habit that the SMART  Brailler will prevent. 
It will also help the parents be able to help Alden do homework. We as blind parents have to trust our child's hand writing skills are where they need to be. That our child is adding correctly when doing math. That they spelled their spelling words correctly. We , as blind parents have to figure out a system that allows our children to succeed even if we can't help them as much as a fully sighted parent could. 
Now, look at this from the other side of the table. Your fully sighted, wanting to help your blind child learn in school. You have to trust that what he is brailling on a standard Brailler is correct. You might be learning Braille yourself, which wound be necessary, but it's hard for a parent to learn Braille by touch, therefor, the parent has to stand over the Brailler and read each letter as the child makes the letter. 
With the SMART Brailler, the child can hear the letter he typed, the parent/teacher can see what is being typed on the visual screen. I think this is a great invention and we should help the family raise enough money to get this device. 
What a great way to get another family with a blind child active and involved in the blind community at an early age. Think of the support the mother will feel from our help.
Just my thoughts!
Holly

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On Sep 9, 2013, at 10:16 PM, "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:

> We could just work on getting him a regular Brailler.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Holly Idler" <hbeanie at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] YIPPEE!! Keep the votescoming! 
> HelplittleAldenPorterwin ...
> 
> 
> The SMART Brailler cost $2195.00.
> The SMART Brailler is built upon the Perkins Next Generation Brailler and 
> features a video screen and audio feedback which shows and speaks letters 
> and words in real-time as they are being brailled, for an instantaneous, 
> multi-sensory learning experience.
> 
> HEAR THE WORDS. SEE THE LETTERS. CONNECT THE DOTS.
> 
> The Perkins SMART Brailler® is the evolution of the Perkins Brailler® from a 
> low-technology, beloved classic to a high-technology learning and teaching 
> tool. It offers a new, more intuitive way for individuals, both sighted and 
> blind, to communicate, teach and learn braille together. Now teachers can 
> see what their students are brailling, sighted parents can help their 
> visually impaired children with homework and students can take the lead in 
> their own braille education. Sighted or blind, we can all share the learning 
> experience!
> 
> Features
> 
> Video screen displays SimBraille and print while audio feedback speaks the 
> letters and words in real-time as they are being brailled for an 
> instantaneous, multi-sensory learning experience.
> USB port enables saving and transferring files to another device.
> Text-to-speech from acapela group
> Headphone jack and volume control
> Operates as a mechanical brailler for extended use
> Rechargeable and removable battery
> It would be nice if we could take donations from individuals and chapter to 
> help the Porter Family get one of these SMART Braillers.
> 
> Just a thought,
> Holly
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 9, 2013, at 11:25 AM, BROOKE6358 at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> Twas a figure of speech----however, I will 'own' this...I could have
>> responded from day one. We all share in the disappointment for our little
>> Florida guy.  bre
>> 
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