[stylist] reading braille
Judith Bron
jbron at optonline.net
Tue Nov 17 18:05:07 UTC 2009
I've been learning braille from a card of braille letters put out by NFB.
I'll try the lotion thing. Thanks, Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] reading braille
> If this is for an adult, I'd find something in Braille that you already
> know the words to and try figuring out the words. It's a tedious job at
> first. Maybe make an alphabet and just keep looking at it to see if you
> can feel that the letters are different dots.
> Put lotion on your hands to soften them up. If you have no neuropathy, it
> should come to you fairly quickly.
> As long as you know what you're feeling for, it helps.
> Barbara
> Snow is God's way of reminding us that beauty can be found even in the
> coldest hearts.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:07 AM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] reading braille
>
>> Did you learn as a child?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 4:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] reading braille
>>
>>
>>> I'm curious to know if people learned the way I did.
>>>
>>> I was given tactile images, raised lines to follow to get used to the
>>> sensation of dots beneath my fingers. I also used larger models of the
>>> braille cell until I got used to the placement. A lot of exercises and
>>> repetition took place for me to finally figure out the cell enough not
>>> to make as many mistakes.
>>>
>>> Aziza
>>>
>>> On 11/16/09, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
>>>> You might think I'm nuts, but How do braille readers sensitize their
>>>> fingers
>>>> to the placement of the dots? Thanks, Judith
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