[blindkid] Kids' Preferences for Reading Electronic Braille?

Traci W traci.mwd at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 18:32:03 UTC 2015


Penny, is she learning any laptop skills with speech software?  Just
curious...  Mine are in elem and use iPad with refreshabraille too.

Traci

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Penny Duffy via blindkid <
blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> My daughter uses her an iPad with a braille display for most of her school
> work.  She is in Middle school. She has never had a braille note taker.
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Allison Hilliker via blindkid <
> blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Parents,
> >
> > A colleague asked me a question today that I didn't have a clear answer
> > for. What is the most common way that K-12 students are preferring to
> read
> > electronic Braille these days? Are most students still using note-takers
> > like a Braille Note or Braille Sense? I suspect this method is still very
> > common, but I would guess that it is less popular than it used to be. Is
> > that true? If kids use note-takers, do they prefer BRF, DAISY, or another
> > file type for reading texts?
> >
> > If your kids/teens are not using a note-taker, are they using
> > iPhones/iPads with Braille displays, are they hooking displays up to
> > computers and using their screen reader with the display, or a
> combination
> > of those? Are Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, or tablets most common?  And if the
> > answer is that it varies, then which option are your Braille readers
> liking
> > best?
> >
> > Just curious. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best,
> > Allison
> >
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