[Pibe-division] any suggestions
EricGuillory at aol.com
EricGuillory at aol.com
Tue Sep 20 16:11:25 UTC 2011
The BN with an 18-cell display is approximately $4,000, and with a 32-cell
display, it runs approximately $6,500. Many teachers are surprised by the
expense, and I whole-heartedly support the development of lower-cost braille
displays. It has been my experience that many end-users don't seem to like
the PAC-Mate. As a trainer, I have found it has a steeper learning curve
than does the BrailleNote. This is not to, in the verbiage of the young
"hate on" PAC-Mate. Rather, it is an observation which I have witnessed for
both high school students and blind adults.
Eric Guillory, PIBE President
In a message dated 9/20/2011 11:04:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
sararooz at gmail.com writes:
Hi Cindy,
I definitely agree with Kristien’s suggestion to use the BOP series grade
1. I do have a few other ideas. First, national braille press produces a
phonic set with printed and contracted and uncontracted braille on each
page. They have three sets. I think each set costs $24 but the investment in
this phonics series may be terrific. Another publication that allows one to
print stories in contracted and uncontracted braille is the early reading
series also from national braille press. You can print out the books using
duxbury braille translation software and aa Braille embosser, choose the
contractions you want to focus on and have the child read a meaningful story
in the process. Also APH has trade books from Sunshine with uncontracted
braille labels and contracted braille labels which gives you the ability to
choose what contractions to teach. Go to _www.nbp.org_ (http://www.nbp.org/)
to see phonics series and early reader series that have stories
appropriate for your student's reading level. Go to _www.aph.org_
(http://www.aph.org/) to look at the trade books available with the packets of labels. One
other website that contains books of various grade levels in uncontracted and
contracted braille files is _www.tsbvi.edu_ (http://www.tsbvi.edu/) You
need to requesta pass word from the website administrator to view the books
and be able to access the books.
Regarding using a note taker, I am unfamiliar if humanware braille note
has a curriculum for learning braille. However, the Pacmate Omni has a
program called FS braille coach that teaches thebraille alphabet, numbers,
punctuation signs and all contractions in a sequential order. I have been
extremely impressed by this software. For instance when teaching a contraction
such as b = but you press the cursor router button to the right of the
letter and hear the word the letter b represents and how the word is spelled
out. The same applies for all contractions. The only difficulty may be with
the reading excercises since they may contain difficult words to
decipher.The Pacmate Omni with a 20 braile display or 40 braille display as well as a
Braille perkins keyboard or qwerty leyboard is abailable at
www.freedomscientific.con m Prices are posted on the site. The pacmate Omni with the
braile keyboard and 20 braille display costs $2,795. Go to
_www.freedomscientific.com_ (http://www.freedomscientific.com/) to look at their products of
note takers which kist each note taker’s price.
Prior to purchasing the braillenote see if the manufacturer humanware
www.humanware.com has aliterary braille curriculum. Humanware does not list
their prices for their products on their website. So you may have to call the
1800 phone number to find out the price for the braillenote. I remember
being told that it costs $6,000 with a 18 braille display.
The one thing your student will have to get used to using any note taker
on the market is to read one line and go to the next line by pressing a
button on the braillenotefrom Humanware or a wheel on the pacmate omni from
Freedom Scientific. I hope my suggestions help you with teaching your student
the braille code. I would only suggest that your student knows how to
spell words correctly, so when it comes to assistive technology it will be
easier for this student to write assignments in Microsoft Word.
Sara Rooz
Certified Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired in New York
Independent Related Service Provider Vision Education Services in New York
City
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