[Nfb-science] Nfb-science Digest, Vol 69, Issue 1

Mon Apr 9 20:21:04 UTC 2012

Sorry about being off topic, But the quote by Louis Pasteur you use for a tag line is just about my favorite.  It says so much in so few words.

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Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] Nfb-science Digest, Vol 69, Issue 1

Hi Nick, just wondering, how much vision do you have?  This might help us
answer the question.

In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.
    ~Louis Pasteur, lecture 1854

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Nikhil Dama <nickdama12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am planning on doing a lot of math and science classes in college. I
> was wondering what is the best way for blind people to tkae notes in
> these classes. SOmeone suggested to me to record the classes, but I do
> not like this idea, This is because the teachers might not be
> discriptive, and it takes a lot of time to relisten to lecture. Where
> as, if I had notes then I could look over them quickly. What is the
> best way for me to take notes? I was thinking about a software that
> would convert handwriting into type. I was think that a person could
> take the notes for me and I could convert them into a format that I
> could read. I would appreciate if someone could give me help with my
> problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick Dama
>
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> >    1. Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Announces Spring Meeting in   St.
> >       Louis (David Andrews)
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> > Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:37:07 -0500
> > From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> > To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [Nfb-science] Fwd: [BANA-Announce] BANA Announces Spring
> >       Meeting in      St. Louis
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> >>
> >>Press Release
> >>
> >>March 2012
> >>
> >>For Immediate Release
> >>
> >>CONTACT: Frances Mary D?Andrea, Chair
> >>
> >>Braille Authority of North America
> >>
> >>Phone: 412-521-5797
> >>
> >>Email: <mailto:literacy2 at mindspring.com>literacy2 at mindspring.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>BANA Invites Guests to Spring Board Meeting in St. Louis
> >>
> >>The Braille Authority of North America (BANA),
> >>which meets semiannually, will hold its spring
> >>meeting on April 28?30, 2012, in St. Louis,
> >>Missouri. This meeting is hosted by the National
> >>Braille Association (NBA), a BANA member
> >>organization, and will be held following the NBA
> >>Conference, which is April 25?28. All meetings
> >>will take place at the Hilton St. Louis
> >>Frontenac, located at 1335 South Lindbergh Drive, St. Louis, Missouri.
> >>
> >>BANA will host an Open Forum on Saturday
> >>morning, April 28, at 9:00 AM. This forum
> >>provides an opportunity for participants to
> >>learn more about the workings of BANA and to
> >>provide feedback to the Board about braille.
> >>BANA Board members want to hear participants?
> >>views about issues surrounding braille and its
> >>future. Braille readers, teachers, and producers
> >>of braille are encouraged to take advantage of
> >>this opportunity to participate in a round-table
> >>discussion and to engage in a dialogue with the
> >>members of the BANA Board. To reserve your space
> >>at the Open Forum and to help ensure accurate
> >>counts for handouts, contact Frances Mary
> >>D?Andrea at 412-521-5797 or by email at
> >><mailto:literacy2 at mindspring.com>literacy2 at mindspring.com.
> >>
> >>Guests are invited to attend the BANA Board
> >>meetings and to observe the discussions. Items
> >>on the Board?s agenda include reports from all
> >>of BANA's committees as well as several
> >>presentations in response to BANA's recent
> >>article regarding the need for braille code
> >>change. Peter Osborne, Chair of the United
> >>Kingdom Association for Accessible Formats
> >>(UKAAF), will be in attendance and will provide
> >>an international perspective. To reserve a seat,
> >>please contact BANA Chair Frances Mary D?Andrea.
> >>
> >>For additional resource information, visit
> >><http://www.brailleauthority.org/>www.brailleauthority.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>The mission and purpose of the Braille Authority
> >>of North America are to assure literacy for
> >>tactile readers through the standardization of
> >>braille and/or tactile graphics. BANA promotes
> >>and facilitates the use, teaching, and
> >>production of braille. It publishes rules,
> >>interprets, and renders opinions pertaining to
> >>braille in all existing codes. It deals with
> >>codes now in existence or to be developed in the
> >>future, in collaboration with other countries
> >>using English braille. In exercising its
> >>function and authority, BANA considers the
> >>effects of its decisions on other existing
> >>braille codes and formats; the ease of
> >>production by various methods; and acceptability to readers.
> >>
> >>
> >>_______________________________________________
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> >>BANA-Announce at brailleauthority.org
> >>http://www.brailleauthority.org/mailman/listinfo/bana-announce
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