[blindkid] blindkid Digest, Vol 69, Issue 22

Susan Harper sueharper at firstchurchgriswold.org
Sun Jan 24 19:10:54 UTC 2010


Thank you, yes.  My son is pre-school and I was also wondering how long he
would use this before he went on to other things.  So all the feed back has
been incredibly useful.
Blessings,
Sue H.

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Leslie Ligon
<atfirstsight at ligondesign.com>wrote:

> Hi, Sue,
>
> Regarding braille using a Mountbatten: Our son, Ethan (now almost 13)used
> one in Spring of 1st grade through the end of 3rd grade. The BrailleNote
> was introduced in Spring of 3rd grade for a transition period. This all
> seemed to work well for him.
>
> I asked him what he remembered about using it and he said it had a few
> quirks. Biggest pain; when you hit erase for a cell, it actually moves
> forward a space after erasing, so you have to then back space to have your
> cursor in the right place. It helped him realize the page layout concepts
> needed before moving on to the BN, where there is no tactile confirmation
> of layout.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Leslie
> At First Sight
>
>
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