[stylist] Preparing for trip to American Printing House for theBlind

[John J. Boyer]

By all means anyone who is legally blind should learn Braille. That 
said, another thing to ask about at APH is the Braille Plus 18. It is 
basically an Android phone with a Braille display. Translation and 
back-translation are provided. It also has speech capabilities.

John

On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 12:53:51PM -0500, Bridgit Pollpeter wrote:
> To what extent is this trip?
> 
> Partial or total, I strongly encourage anyone who's legally blind to
> learn Braille. It's just another tool you have at your disposal. And
> contrary to popular belief, Braille is often more efficient especially
> for those of us with some useable vision. 
> 
> And I've met sighted people who prefer Braille in certain situations.
> Like a Braille instructor who writes driving directions in Braille, so
> while driving, she doesn't have to take her eyes off the road, grin.
> 
> Not that sighted people will get on board and start using Braille, but
> it's been proven the most efficient and sufficient writing medium for
> blind people including those with partial vision.
> 
> And again, learning it doesn't mean you can then only use Braille; it's
> just there when you do need it.
> -----Original Message-----
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> Boyer
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> theBlind
> 
> 
> April,
> 
> APH is working on a Braille editing and procuction software application 
> called BrailleBlaster. It is intended to release a blast of Braille. 
> That might be of interest to you in the future. It should be available 
> in a beta version soon.
> 
> John
> 
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 08:23:11AM -0400, April Brown wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> >     I am preparing for a trip to the American Printing House for the 
> > Blind next week.
> > 
> > What do you recommend asking about?
> > 
> > What do you recommend seeing and checking on?
> > 
> > I am still low vision, with no idea what is going on with my eye.  I 
> > have good days, bad days, and days my keyboard goes nuts!  Some days, 
> > I have a yellow tint, and others a blue tint in front of eye.
> > 
> > Off to editing.  Have a great day!
> > 
> > April Brown
> > 
> > Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide behind.
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