[blindkid] Compass Suggestions

DrV icdx at earthlink.net
Wed Jan 21 04:36:53 UTC 2009


Thanks Mark,
Do you have a suggestion on a brand name & where to purchase it?
Eric V

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Feliz" <felizfamily5 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 18:02
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Compass Suggestions


> Hello Eric:
>
> I have utilized a braille compass since junior high school and continue to 
> do so at present. Although I have great orientation I always carry my 
> compass in my pocket. Since junior high till now I have had to need to 
> purchase two. I find that a braille compass is much more reliable in all 
> types of situations--noisy, quiet, light rain, dusty, very dirty, 
> wilderness, rocky... If your child tends to accidentally move the dial 
> while taking a reading make sure the lid is completely open. If the dial 
> continues to move more easily than you think it should then perhaps the 
> compass itself is defective.
>
> Oh, by the way, I didn't give my age but I have gone to high school, 
> graduated from the University, married, have young adult children. So you 
> can see, I have utilized a braille compass for a very long time.
>
> Happy camping!
>
>
> Mark Feliz
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carol Castellano" <blindchildren at verizon.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
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> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Compass Suggestions
>
>
>> Serena has tried a braille compass, but it was very easy to move the 
>> arrow and get a wrong reading.  Maybe she/we never developed good 
>> technique, I don't know.
>> Carol
>>
>> At 01:19 AM 1/13/2009, you wrote:
>>>Hi Everyone,
>>>I just came back from a parent orientation at our Middle School.
>>>Our 6th grader is heading off to a wilderness science camp for a week 
>>>along with over 400 classmates.
>>>No parent chaperones or cell phones allowed -> you can imagine the shock 
>>>some parents had, esp. as some of the kids have never spent that amount 
>>>of time on their own :-)
>>>We would like to get Vejas a braille or talking compass -> any 
>>>suggestions?
>>>Eric V
>>>
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