[blindkid] compose and edit without electronics

[Barbara Hammel]

You could always erase the beginning dots of something you want to change 
and use an extra sheet of paper to write what the corrections will be.  For 
example, say your paragraph has three sentences in it and you want to 
rearrange them erase the capital and maybe the first letter to say "hey, 
look at the correction paper for this."  On the correction paper she could 
write the paragraph number, say it's paragraph 6.  After the number of the 
paragraph you could write first sentence 3, then 1 then 2.
Same goes for a word.  If you want to use a different word, you could erase 
the word then write on the correction sheet what you want instead.
Just my thoughts.  Be creative and maybe she may have her own idea of how to 
do it.
Oh, and don't erase so well you can't read it.
Barbara

A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something to 
hide.  The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.

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From: "Joy Orton" <ortonsmom at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:40 AM
To: "NFB Blindkid list" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] compose and edit without electronics

> Hi friends,
> I would like to hear how some of you or your children compose and edit
> essays, stories, letters, and so on, without high-tech gadgets. I am old
> enough to remember typing, cutting and pasting (literally), and re-typing 
> my
> papers. Has anyone out there done this in braille?
> Related question: How do you mark corrections on the draft to change in 
> the
> final copy? We are trying to produce an outline and speech for a school
> project, and an essay for a contest. Ahbee has written great first drafts 
> of
> them. Now how do we mark our corrections, change around sentences, add
> ideas, etc.?
> We have not learned to do this on the PacMate, and it is at school. So I
> really want a low-tech method. I'm sure there was a way to edit with a 
> slate
> and stylus--at least we have a Perkins braillewriter. (smile)
>
> Joy Orton
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