[Nfbf-l] Blind Knowing what Printed Letters look like very important!

[Bill Outman]

Hello.  

I agree this is very important in order for those who have never had enough
functional vision to see print as I once did, so that they may be fully
integrated into the broader culture.  

That was a good idea to use those tactile letters for making signsto
demonstrate letter shapes.  Some childrens' toys have these as well.  I
remember having a magnetic board I could place tactile letters on to make
words.  

Some time back I had some fun with this, coming up with as many common
expressions referring to print characters as I could come up with quickly.
I looked at the list today and added some comments.  

Here's the list I put together, and you can add more if you like.  

Print Expressions 

A frame (a type of building) 
C clamp (a type of tool) 
I beam(construction), I formation (football)
L shape 
O ring (mechanical device, most infamous in shuttle Challenger accident) 
S curve (usually on a winding road) 
T intersection, T formation(football), T bone (steak, Perpendicular traffic
accident) 
U turn (going back the direction from which you came) 
V shape, V formation(often flocks of geese or ducks), V for victory sign   
X marks the spot 
Y intersection 
Goose egg or doughnut (the number zero, often denoting no score) 
Crooked numbers (2 or greater, most often denoting multiple run innings in
baseball) 

Bill Outman 
Secretary, Greater Daytona Beach Chapter 
National Federation of the Blind of Florida 


-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbf-l [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alan Dicey
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 8:47 PM
To: NFB Florida List Group
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Blind Knowing what Printed Letters look like very
important!

Dear NFB Friends,

Please see my friend's response after mine.

She works for a  Division of Blind Services for one of the States.

- - -

Dear Neva,

Thank you kindly for your response.

I did not know it was common, but as I said, this very highly educated lady
friend of mine, actually said she was taught, but as a child, she did not
quite grasp the training, and as an adult, surely did not remember the
little training she did receive so long ago.

You would of course know much better than myself, how common it was, working
with the Blind.

I worked for 12 years for Easter Seals, and was very much involved with
Physically and Psychologically Disabled people, but we never had any
contracts with the Division of Blind Services, which in Florida is under the
Department of Education. We mostly had contracts with the State of Florida
Vocational Rehabbilitation Services.

I hope today they do teach Blind Children what "Printed Letters" look like.

But how can they then remember all the way into Adulthood???

Thanks again.

With Best Regards,

God Bless,

Alan

Plantation, Florida

 ----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Neva
To: "'Alan Dicey'" <adicey at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 8:04 PM
Subject: RE: Braille, But how many Blind People know what "Printed Letters" 
look like?


It is very common and is problematic for many. How do you understand a T
intersection if you don't know what a T looks like? How can someone explain
an L shaped house, or a path that makes a Y?

Best Regards,
Neva 


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