[blindkid] compose and edit without electronics

[Carol Castellano]

there's a method I still use when I'm writing a speech or an 
article.  I put each idea down on a separate index card or post-it 
note.  Then I can arrange and rearrange to my heart's content.  This 
will work in braille.  It is not so easy to edit a paper this way, 
but it should work for an outline.

Carol

At 10:40 AM 3/22/2010, you wrote:
>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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Carol Castellano, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
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