[Ohio-talk] Low-Tech Is Good!

[COLLEEN ROTH via Ohio-talk]

 Hello Milena,
I agree with you. I have been using a notetaker for taking notes at meetings now.
It's just faster for me and I find it useful when I need to share me notes with someone else.
On the other hand, I still carry a slate and stylus in my purse in case I need to write something down quickly and give it to someone else.
The notetaker is great but sometimes I just do not want to carry it with me.
I also used the Slate and stylus in high school for taking notes.
I used the Braille Writer in Elementary School. I had a Braille Writer at home too. In fact I still have my original Braille Writer. I used a portable manual typewriter which I carried around in high school to do assignments I had to turn in that day.
Later I used an Electric Typewriter.
I haven't mastered the Computer but maybe I will do this eventually.
Colleen Roth



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Date: Sunday, May 25, 2014 9:41 pm
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Low-Tech Is Good!

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> Hi Colleen,
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> The slate and stylus and the Braille writer need to be taught first, even before a blind child starts playing with high-tech equipment.  We are so used to high-tech devices that we give little credence to the honest-to-goodness low-tech alternatives of yesteryear.  ON the other hand, we need high-tech devices, too.  To be an effective blind person, one needs to learn Braille with a slate and stylus, Braille writer, and computers because the more skills one has learned, the more competitive one becomes in society.  As blind people, we need as many alternative ways to accomplish a task as possible, not just computers and notetakers.
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> When I went to public school, I would use a slate and stylus to take class notes and the Braille writer to do my homework.  Then I would use the typewriter (first I had a manual, then an electric) to type up my assignments for the teachers to read.  Not only did these skills get me through my compulsory education, but they got me through college as well.
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> Milena
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