[blindkid] compose and edit without electronics

[David Andrews]

Well, you might need to use different methods for different 
tools.  Back before computers I used to think things through in my 
head, write them out on my Perkins, then type them  on a typewriter 
for my teacher.  I could edit one last time as I typed, but there was 
no cut and paste etc.

I suppose you could Braille and cut each sentence out, then arrange, 
but it seems cumbersome at beast, using Braille to duplicate a print 
or computer method that doesn't really work for Braille.

Dave

At 09:40 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)