[stylist] Braille

Anita Ogletree yrstrli at gmail.com
Tue Feb 19 00:38:21 UTC 2013 

Hi.  My name is Anita.
How much are you asking and would you be willing to make some 
arrangements for payments?



> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Homme, James" <james.homme at highmark.com
>To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:21:12 +0000
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille

>Hi Everyone,
>I've been off the list for a long time, and am back again.

>Speaking of Braille, If anyone would want a PowerBraille65, or 
knows someone who wants one, I have a refurbished unit that would 
like a good home.  I have both the serial and parallel cables.  
We could talk about price.  I also have the original box, but no 
longer have the original manuals.  The unit was refurbished and 
sent to me in January.  Since then, it has been stored in a 
dust-free location.

>Thanks.

>Jim


>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Ashley Bramlett
>Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:04 PM
>To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille

>Hi,
>I think braille has been real valuable to me in learning to read 
and
>learning; I always study in braille reading my braille notes on 
the Braille
>Note.
>I also agree that jumbo braille is harder to grasp.
>As a community we have to keep advocating for braille so it won't 
go away.

>Ashley

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Donna Hill
>Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 9:31 PM
>To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille

>Vejas,
>It reminds me of my experience with large print.  They thought it 
would be
>easier for me to see, but my visual field was so restricted that 
I could see
>even less at a time of the bigger words.  Since I was already 
piecing words
>together, the step to large print was a real problem.
>Donna

>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
vejas
>Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 6:53 PM
>To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille

>Hi.
>Yes, jumbo Braille and very small Braille are very hard to read.
>It deffinetly baffles my sighted peers when they see that I can't 
read the
>jumbo Braille, because they're like, "It's Braille."
>There's a huge difference between the 2.
>Vejas


>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
>To: <stylist at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:29:34 -0600
>Subject: [stylist] Braille

>Jackie,

>I don't believe jumbo Braille is accessible as regular Braille.
>I
>actually have found jumbo Braille to be even more tedious than
>regular
>Braille.  I can feel the raised dots but have problems
>distinguishing the
>characters.

>There are different types of neuropathy, and yes, it can affect
>anyone.
>After the unknown viral infection, pneumonia and uraceptis hit
>me, which
>is what caused my blindness, it also affected other areas of my
>health.
>I since have developed neuropathy, tachycardia (which is an
>accelerated
>heart rate) and my already low blood pressure will suffer
>episodes of
>dangerously low numbers.  And I'm only 31.

>Like you, I find Braille a unique way in which to explore letters
>and
>words.  They say you use your visual part of the brain to learn
>Braille,
>and I definitely visualize the letters and characters in my head.
>When I
>was first learning Braille and computer with JAWS, I would have
>problems
>typing quickly since I kept visualizing Braille as opposed to the
>actual
>letters, and for me, this would trip me up, grin.

>Braille is a crucial and vital tool for blind people though, and
>I know
>a few people with severe dyslexia who have experimented with
>learning
>Braille, and it seems to help.  It's scary to think people,
>including
>blind people, want and believe Braille is becoming obsolete.  I
>know this
>is a huge issue that sparks a lot of debates and contraversy ,
>but also
>remember that print, to an extent, is in danger of changing as
>well.  My
>mom has been a teacher for 16 years, and she says in public
>schools they
>use computers and other screen devices like tablets in which to
>teach
>instead of good old pencil and paper.  Kids are learning to read
>and
>write on computers, and you have to wonder what will be the
>outcome for
>removing tactile sensations from society.

>Okay, this has turned into a rant, smile.

>Sincerely,
>Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
>Read my blog at:
>http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

>"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
>satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for
>another world."
>C.  S.  Lewis

>Message: 8
>Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:33:28 -0700
>From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net
>To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille
>Message-ID: <BC1706CDDEBA44648FAD3846D4233DEA at JackiLeePoet
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

>Bridgit,
>I did not know that this neuropathy hit any but the older among
>us.  I
>did label all the folders in my file in Braille, but can no
>longer read
>it.  I am not only a promoter of Braille for the Blind, I truly
>feel it
>ought to be on the general curriculum.  My reasons may appear
>strange,
>but never have I internalized the structure of words as I did
>when
>learning the advanced words.  In retrospect, I felt it would have
>helped
>my learning disabled students.  When you feel the letters and
>also
>visualize them, it works wonders for memory.  I an thing of all
>of the
>prefixes, suffixes, short cuts, etc.  There is so much of value.
>My grandson, then 5 when I was practicing it, picked it up so
>fast, and
>was so enthusiastic, that I wished it had been something
>regularly
>studied in his "seeing" classroom.  They do not publish anything
>in jumbo
>Braille, and I do not know that it is even available on your
>Braille
>readers.  Thanks for your response.  Jackie


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