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

Tue Sep 10 13:41:28 UTC 2013

Perkins is offering all the participating families $500 off. Any additional
monies beyond $1750 that are donated to Alden will be distributed among
the remaining four families for a SMART Brailler.

Lenora J. Marten, President
Florida Organization of Parents of Blind Children
Secretary, NFB-FL
Florida Rehabilitation Council for the Blind
bluegolfshoes at aol.com
904-229-9554

-----Original Message-----
From: Holly Idler <hbeanie at gmail.com>
To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tue, Sep 10, 2013 9:37 am
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] YIPPEE!! Keep the votescoming!	HelplittleAldenPorterwin ...

I wonder if they are getting a discounted price. Accorded to Perkins website, 
the unit cost $2195 not $1750. I hope they know the correct price before they 
shut down the donation site.
Holly

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 10, 2013, at 8:10 AM, "Lenora J. Marten" <bluegolfshoes at aol.com> wrote:

> 
> The FOPBC board voted last night to donate $100 toward
> a SMART Brailler for Alden. With our donation and another
> one this morning, they are now at $1680!! Alden is only
> $70 away from receiving his very own Perkins SMART
> Brailler!
> 
> 
> Lenora J. Marten, President
> Florida Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> Secretary, NFB-FL
> Florida Rehabilitation Council for the Blind
> bluegolfshoes at aol.com
> 904-229-9554
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debby B <bwbddl at yahoo.com>
> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 10, 2013 6:51 am
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] YIPPEE!! Keep the votescoming!    HelplittleAldenPorterwin 
...
> 
> 
> 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
> bwbddl at yahoo.com
> 
> ~"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read."~Mark 

> Twain
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Holly Idler <hbeanie at gmail.com>
> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> 
> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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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