[blindkid] compose and edit without electronics

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Tue Mar 23 01:44:21 UTC 2010


Joy:

There's no easy way to "mark up" a document in braille or, obviously, on the 
typewriter. I learned to do much of it in my head, working from the braille 
first draft and dictating it to someone word-for-word, making the changes as 
I went. If no one was available, I would dictate into a tape recorder (they 
were reel-to-reel back then) and then type the final copy from my dictation. 
Seldom did I make a second braille draft; it was too time-consuming.

Please do not think from this that I do not value braille: I could not have 
done it without braille but decided that it was more efficient to learn to 
write the final paper in two iterations -- first draft and final copy. AS I 
got older, I learned (like the composer J.S. Bach) to compose the whole 
thing in my head and write out the final copy in one go. I dare say this 
skill is virtually nonexistent now.

HTH!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joy Orton" <ortonsmom at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Blindkid list" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 7:40 AM
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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