[nfbcs] Announcing the 2019 Touch of Genius Prize Winners

[Amanda Lacy]

How much does the Canute cost? Their page includes a lot of
information about this display, but leaves out the cost. Typical.

On 3/15/19, David Andrews via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>Announcing the 2019 Touch of Genius Prize Winners
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>>March 14, 2019
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>>National Braille Press
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>>There are two Touch of Genius Prize winners this year!
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>>Canute ­ Bristol Braille Technologies ­ won $5000
>>0
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>>The Canute is a 360 cell braille display, with 9
>>rows of 40 cells developed by Bristol Braille
>>Technologies in the UK. The Canute will be the first affordable
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>>multi-line display on the market. Targeted
>>toward education settings and libraries, and
>>looking toward areas of math, science, coding and music, the Canute
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>>has endured many iterations and been a
>>cooperative experience between braille readers
>>across the world. This “kindle for the blind† is surely be an
>> innovative
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>>game-changer and will only push forward braille literacy.
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>>http://www.bristolbraille.co.uk/
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>>Braille Sheets ­ ObjectiveEd­ won $5000
>>0
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>>Braille Sheets is an interactive app to help
>>children learn to read braille developed by
>>ObjectiveEd. ObjectiveEd’s mission is to help children with visual
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>>impairments maximize educational results. The
>>app makes it easy to enter programs/lessons for
>>students, see lessons from other teachers, and pair with
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>>an actual braille sheet where the student is
>>tactile-y learning letters and words as they are
>>getting real-time audio feedback. A collection of lessons
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>>and games, Braille Sheets will be a great
>>supplement for teachers and an easy, affordable
>>way to help students learn braille and become literate.
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>>https://www.objectiveed.com/
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>>NBP awarded the Touch of Genius prize to the
>>winners at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference on Wednesday, March
>> 17th.
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>>—  Image on left: Brian MacDonald (NBP) with
>>Marty Shutz of  ObjectiveEd at TOG reception.
>>Image on right: MacDonald with Ed Rogers of Bristol Braille at
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>>TOG reception.  figure
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>>—Image on left: Brian MacDonald (NBP) with Marty
>>Shutz of  ObjectiveEd at TOG reception. Image on
>>right: MacDonald with Ed Rogers of Bristol Braille at
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>>TOG reception.
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>>—  Image on left: Brian MacDonald (NBP) with
>>Marty Shutz of  ObjectiveEd at TOG reception.
>>Image on right: MacDonald with Ed Rogers of Bristol Braille at
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>>The Touch of Genius Prize is made possible by
>>the support of the Gibney Family Foundation! Thank you!
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>>Remembering an Exceptional Volunteer
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>>June 5, 2018
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>>National Braille Press
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>>A tireless competitor in all aspects of her
>>life, Sue Ammeter was a crucial champion for the
>>blind community. As a young child, she quickly learned to
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>>advocate for her right to read. Because of a
>>lack of readily-available braille, Sue’s
>>mother took it upon herself to transcribe school assignments and
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>>books for her daughter.
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>>After graduating from the University of
>>Washington, Sue embarked on a 30-year career in
>>state government, fighting for the employment rights of people
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>>with disabilities. She was the first blind
>>person to work for the Human Rights Commission
>>of Washington State and was instrumental in crafting the Americans
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>>with Disabilities Act (ADA), ensuring legal
>>protections against discrimination for those with disabilities.
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>>Photo of Sue and Ruth Ann Hansen wearing nametags and smiling at the
>> camera
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>>National Braille Press was honored to have Sue
>>serve on our board for the last five years. With
>>her leadership, we were able to raise money to produce
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>>books on living with breast and prostate cancer,
>>as well as ensuring access to information on
>>symptoms, treatments, and side effects for blind individuals.
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>> From serving on committees to attending our
>> gala to hosting one of our best-attended
>> Because Braille Matters luncheons, Sue always strove to help. She
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>>and John, her husband of 46 years, even joined
>>our Braille for Life Alliance legacy program to ensure braille access for
>> all.
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>>Sue’s legacy of advocacy, volunteerism, and
>>paving the path for others will stand well into
>>our future and it is with great pleasure that we announce that
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>>we are naming our Individual Volunteer of the
>>Year award the Sue Ammeter Volunteer of the Year Award .
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>>Room view of Sue's memorial, it is full of
>>people, every table is full as they celebrate her life
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>>NBP staff was honored to attend Sue’s memorial
>>and celebration the life in Washington State.
>>Sue was an amazing person, friend, and Trustee of NBP. Her
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>>passing leaves a big hole that we all must fill
>>to support braille literacy and the ADA.
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>>Sue, thank you for making our mission stronger and our lives better.
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>>Writing Braille by Hand
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>>May 15, 2018
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>>by
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>>By, Judy Dixon
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>>
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>>When Louis Braille first began pressing dots
>>into paper for later reading, he did it by hand.
>>His tools were primitive but effective; he used a slate and
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>>stylus. The top of his braille slate was a
>>simple piece of sheet metal bent downward at the
>>ends with small rectangular openings. The bottom of his slate
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>>was a flat stick of wood with horizontal
>>grooves. The exact size and placement of these
>>elements varied somewhat as Louis’s ideas for the best way to produce
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>>braille evolved over time.
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>>
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>>Over the next hundred years, the tools for
>>writing braille by hand became more
>>sophisticated. The top and bottom of the slate were joined by a machined
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>>hinge, the back was often made with a distinct
>>impression for each dot, and, in the latter part
>>of this period, various plastics were used to reduce cost
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>>and weight, and increase resiliency.
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>>
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>>Nine-line, wall-mountable slate for writing
>>short memos--includes magnetic stylus, a roll of
>>paper, and a hook for hanging messages
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>>Nine-line, wall-mountable slate for writing
>>short memos­includes  magnetic stylus, a roll of
>>paper, and a hook for hanging messages.
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>>
>>
>>My first encounter with a braille slate and
>>stylus was just before Christmas in first grade
>>at the school for the blind in St. Augustine, Florida. Early
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>>on the afternoon before Christmas vacation, the
>>teacher gave each of us a slate and stylus. Mine
>>was blue. She showed us how to use it and we had a few
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>>minutes to practice.
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>>I took my new treasure home with me when I left
>>for Christmas. I proudly demonstrated my new
>>skill to my two older brothers. They already knew how to read
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>>and write and I had been very concerned about
>>how I was going to read and write like they did.
>>To this day, I can remember my exhilaration, “Look, I can
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>>read too, and I can write too.† I don’t
>>think it occurred to me that they couldn’t
>>read what I wrote. I could, and that was what mattered.
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>>
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>>Throughout my school years, I took notes with a
>>slate. By high school, I had a few different
>>ones but they didn’t vary much because there was nothing very
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>>unique available in the U.S. at the time.
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>>
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>>Early on, I was aware of the slate’s
>>limitations. When using a slate in school, I
>>often wished for one that had a full page of cells, eliminating the
>> necessity
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>>of repositioning the slate down the page after
>>every four lines. I also imagined a slate that
>>would let me write very small braille so I could fit more
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>>text on a page. And how about one that could
>>write on both sides of the paper? I did not know that such slates existed.
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>>a four-cell slate to slip over a page edge for marginal notes.
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>>A four-cell slate to slip over a page edge for marginal notes.
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>>Some time in the 1970s, a friend gave me a slate
>>from England. It had braille cells about
>>two-thirds the size of the ones I had been using. On a 4-by-6-inch
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>>index card, I could fit 11 lines of 26 cells,
>>far more than ever before. Later, on a visit to
>>Germany, I got a full-page slate, 25 lines of 28 cells. It
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>>was made of a heavy metal and weighed about a
>>pound but it was gorgeous. When I had a couple
>>of dozen slates, I realized I was a collector. I was primarily
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>>interested in slates that had some function other than the ordinary ones.
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>>
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>>Currently, there are 278 unique slates from 38
>>different countries in my collection. Some are
>>historic, dating back to the 1860’s but most were made in
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>>the mid to late 20th century.
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>>
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>>The vast majority are slates created to produce
>>six-dot braille, but the collection also
>>contains slates for tactile codes other than braille, such as
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>>New York Point, Moon Type, and codes created by
>>individuals that were never widely used. It also
>>contains slates for a German shorthand code, a Spanish
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>>music code, and a Japanese code for writing
>>kanji—all extensions  of the braille code using eight dots.
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>>
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>>Element for IBM Selectric typewriter that
>>produced very small but readable embossed braille.
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>>Element for IBM Selectric typewriter that
>>produced very small but readable embossed braille.
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>>
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>>The largest slate that I have was made in
>>Austria and has 30 lines of 36 cells. The
>>smallest, called a margin guide, was made in England and has only one
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>>line of four cells. It has no hinge and is
>>designed to simply slip over the edge of a page
>>like a paper clip. It is used to add a page number or make a
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>>note in the margin.
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>>Full page metal slate from Austria.
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>>Full page metal slate from Austria
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>>Each slate in my collection is somewhat
>>different from every other. There are many
>>different sizes and as many shapes. They are made of aluminum, zinc,
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>>brass, steel and several kinds of plastic­most
>>of which are in  fairly subdued shades of gray
>>and black, but one is a startling fluorescent orange. Instead
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>>of pins, some have magnets or spring-loaded
>>clips to secure the paper, and in place of a
>>hinge, some have stiff tape or heavy plastic to hold the two parts
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>>of the slate together.
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>>In the United States, we encounter only two
>>sizes of braille, standard and jumbo. However,
>>the size of the braille cell in slates from other countries
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>>varies considerably. The Japanese slates
>>typically produce braille that is somewhat
>>smaller than the American standard, while many of the German slates
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>>produce braille that is slightly larger than
>>ours. There are two slates from Japan that
>>produce braille so small that it is actually difficult to read.
>>
>>
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>>Three cherry wood styluses produced in Japan to
>>commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
>>adoption of the braille standard in the country.
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>>Three cherry wood styluses produced in Japan to
>>commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
>>adoption of the braille standard in the country.
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>>There are several rather creative designs which
>>allow the braille to be read while the paper is
>>still in the slate. E-Z Read slates, which have pins in
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>>the top instead of the bottom, were common in
>>the United States. But several models of slates
>>made in Italy use magnets to hold the paper. As with E-Z
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>>Read slates, the braille can be read by lifting
>>the back of the slate without disturbing the
>>position of the paper. Magnets have an advantage over pins­they
>>leave no holes in the paper.
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>>Among my favorites are the slates that have been
>>designed for special purposes. The Japanese have
>>produced a telephone message slate which consists of
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>>a roll of paper, a small plastic slate, and a
>>magnetic stylus, all mounted on a foam-backed
>>board. Chemical Bank of New York developed an extremely useful
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>>checkwriting template. It has braille cells for
>>making notes on the stub and on the check
>>itself, as well as the familiar template openings for completing
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>>a check with a pen. This slate was provided to
>>any blind person opening an account with
>>Chemical Bank and was sold to any other bank requesting it for
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>>their blind patrons.
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>>aluminum check writing slate distributed by
>>Chemical Bank of New York. Includes slots for
>>filling out check with a pen and braille cells on the check stub
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>>and check itself for braille notations.
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>>Aluminum check writing slate distributed by
>>Chemical Bank of New York. Includes slots for
>>filling out check with a pen and braille cells on the check stub
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>>and check itself for braille notations.
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>>A few slates have their own associated stylus
>>but there is a collection of several hundred
>>styluses as well. Special ones include three cherry wood styluses
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>>made in Japan to commemorate the 100th
>>anniversary of the adoption of the braille code
>>and an ivory stylus used by George Shearing, the blind jazz musician,
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>>that he used during his school days in the 1920s.
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>>An ivory-handled stylus used by the blind jazz
>>musician, George Shearing, at the school for the blind in England in the
>> 1920s.
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>>An ivory-handled stylus used by the blind jazz
>>musician, George Shearing, at the school for the blind in England in the
>> 1920s.
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>>The collection is contained in two wooden
>>cabinets that were specially made for it. Each
>>one has 36 drawers, with pocket, board and notebook slates in
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>>Cabinet A and non-braille, upward-writing,
>>special, and full-page slates in Cabinet B. It also has its own web site,
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>>www.brailleslates.org.
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>>Drawer in Judy's braille slate cabinet
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>>Although slate use has waned considerably in the
>>developed world, writing braille with a slate
>>and stylus is still widespread in developing countries.
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>>The advantages of a braille slate are numerous.
>>Slates are relatively inexpensive, very
>>portable, quiet to use, require no batteries, and need little,
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>>if any, repair.
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>>But writing with a braille slate can be very
>>confining. Unlike using a pen or pencil, it is
>>not possible to vary the size of the letters, to write between
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>>the lines, or to scribble in the margins as
>>those who write print so often do. Maybe this
>>will happen one day and maybe, ironically, it will be technology
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>>that does it!
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>>
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>>Judy Dixon is the Consumer Relations Officer for
>>the National Library Service for the Blind and
>>Physically Handicapped at the Library of Congress in Washington,
>>
>>D.C. She has an extensive collection of both
>>slates and braille notetakers. Judy writes many
>>original technology books for NBP and serves as a judge for
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>>our Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation. All photos were taken by Judy.
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>>NBP’s Quotation Booklets: A Valuable Teaching Tool Any Day of the Week
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>>Posted on
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>>April 12, 2018
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>>by
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>>National Braille Press
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>>By Mary Drain
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>>When I stumbled upon the first quotation booklet
>>NBP published several years ago, I knew I had to
>>have it. Pocket-sized and spiral-bound, the booklet was
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>>sure to offer some interesting food for thought,
>>and in a convenient size to boot. What I did not
>>know at the time was that this booklet, and those that
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>>followed, would prove to be a valuable teaching
>>tool. They offered just the right amount of
>>content for many of my students to transition successfully
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>>from my curriculum-driven sentences to the
>>reading of their first official braille publication.
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>>
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>>For students of any age, moving from learning
>>braille to comfortably using braille is a
>>process. Appreciating braille for its utility, grace, and for the
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>>many jobs it does better than any other tool
>>comes later. As someone who grew up with a
>>tremendous amount of usable vision, I had no difficulty accessing
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>>print using a minimal amount of magnification.
>>Never mind that my eyes fatigued easily and my
>>reading speed was quite slow. It was my TVI who had the good
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>>sense and foresight to insist that I learn
>>braille. When I asked why, he said, “Because I want you to have
>> options.â€
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>>
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>>Implicit in his response was a truth that I did
>>not fully understand and embrace until I was
>>much older. It is that achieving a level of proficiency with
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>>braille, audio, and, for some, magnification
>>enables those of us who are visually impaired to
>>choose the most efficient tool (or tools) for the task at
>>
>>hand, without ever having to compromise. As a
>>braille teacher at the Orientation Center for
>>the Blind in Albany, California, I feel fortunate to work alongside
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>>colleagues who share this point of view, and in
>>a residential immersion training program that
>>has our students working with these new tools of independence
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>>every day.
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>>Nearly all of my students, most of whom are
>>newly blind, begin my class eager to regain
>>their ability to read and write independently. Whether having the
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>>goal of using braille to label, read a recipe,
>>refer to notes when giving a school or workplace
>>presentation, or read a book someday, very few of my students
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>>have to be convinced of braille’s value. But,
>>because learning braille more closely resembles
>>the running of a marathon than a sprint, keeping my students
>>
>>motivated is not without its challenges. I am
>>always mindful of proper pacing and the need for periodic pep talks.
>>
>>
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>>For my students who have learned all of their
>>contractions but need to continue to improve
>>their reading, finding material that is both adult in nature
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>>and appropriate for their skill level has not
>>always been easy. In the same way I would not
>>throw a kid fresh out of driver’s training onto a busy L.A.
>>
>>street during rush hour, I’m careful not to
>>give my students reading material that is likely
>>to frustrate or overwhelm them. With an average of five single-spaced
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>>lines of braille on each page (along with the
>>attribution), each of the quotations in the
>>quotation booklets are presented in a manageable format. They
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>>offer a terrific way to introduce my adult
>>students to published braille. I look forward to
>>seeing NBP produce more materials like this in the future.
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>>Riddles or fun facts anyone?
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>>
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>>It seems only fitting that I conclude with a
>>quote from Andrew Carnegie. He said, “Anything
>>worth having in life is worth working for.† I think we can
>>
>>all agree that this is certainly true when it comes to learning braille.
>>
>>
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>>Mary Drain is one of ten credentialed teachers
>>at the Orientation Center for the Blind.
>>Operated by the California Department of Rehabilitation, the Orientation
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>>Center is a residential immersion program that
>>offers classes in Orientation and Mobility,
>>Adaptive Computer Training, Braille, Cooking, and Daily Living
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>>Skills to legally blind individuals who are
>>clients of the California Department of Rehabilitation.
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>>Free Online Activities Created Especially for YOU!
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>>February 16, 2018
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>>—Great Expectations: Bringing Picture Books to Life for Blind  Kids
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>>For nearly four years, the Great Expectations
>>program has produced original, high-interest,
>>fun, and free activities especially for blind kids and their
>>
>>families. We start with a popular picture book,
>>and add braille to it, so blind and sighted
>>family members can read them together. But that’s just the
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>>beginning! From there, we use the book’s
>>story, themes, and ideas to create a set of
>>activities that enable blind kids to explore all aspects of the book
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>>in greater detail, through songs, tactile play,
>>picture descriptions, body movement, engaged
>>listening, arts and crafts projects, inspiring real-life stories,
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>>and much more. The goal is to promote active
>>reading experiences for children with visual impairments.
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>>
>>
>>Each book in the program explores a completely
>>different topic, including some subjects that
>>might seem difficult to broach with a visually impaired person.
>>
>>It might seem counterintuitive to talk about
>>different colors and shades, for example, with a
>>blind child. But of course colors are a part everyday life
>>
>>and conversation, and blind kids need to know as
>>much about colors and their significance as any
>>other kid in order to fully participate in their lives.
>>
>>With that mindset, we use popular kids’ books
>>as the starting point for discussion, activities, and lots of fun.
>>
>>
>>
>>Dragons Love Tacos,
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>>our first book in the series, gives us the
>>chance to talk about textures, preparing food, and organizing a (taco)
>> party.
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>>
>>
>>The Day the Crayons Quit,
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>>perhaps our most popular series selection thus
>>far, offers ideas for talking about colors with blind kids.
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>>
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>>Pete the Cat:
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>>Rocking in My School Shoes is all about
>>orientation and mobility, maps, and mazes.
>>
>>
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>>Iggy Peck, Architect
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>>discusses building and buildings, architecture, and team work.
>>
>>
>>
>>Amazing Grace
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>>focuses on theater, presentation, storytelling, and more.
>>
>>
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>>And
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>>Measuring Penny
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>>delves into measuring, graphing, comparisons ­
>>and even what it  takes to care for a pet!
>>
>>
>>
>>—Lemonade in Winter cover
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>>With our newest book,
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>>Lemonade in Winter,
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>>we learn all about money and running a business
>>from Pauline and her younger brother John-John
>>as they open a lemonade stand in the middle of winter. By
>>
>>the end of the story, they’ve made less money
>>than they spent on supplies, but learned some
>>valuable lessons along the way. The free activities we’ve created
>>
>>to go with this print/braille book explore all
>>aspects of money and business, and tease out
>>some of the less obvious themes in the book, like teamwork
>>
>>and following directions. Here’s the full
>>activity list for Lemonade in Winter:
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>>
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>>Hands on Money
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>>
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>>Don’t want to accidentally pay $20 for a $5
>>ice cream? Use your sense of touch to tell
>>different coins apart and play fun games to practice making different
>>
>>coin combinations. Also learn folding techniques
>>and technology options to keep track of your different paper bills.
>>
>>
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>>Spend, Save, Share
>>
>>
>>
>>Whether you get money as a gift or earn it by
>>doing chores, you have several options for what
>>to do with it. Learn reasons and strategies for spending,
>>
>>saving, and sharing, and then make your own spend, save, and share jars.
>>
>>
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>>—Spend, Save, and Share jars
>>
>>
>>Make an Origami Wallet
>>
>>
>>
>>Looking for a fun and unique way to keep your
>>money safe? Use a Japanese method of paper
>>folding, called origami, to create your own, unique mini wallet.
>>
>>
>>
>>Team Story Building
>>
>>
>>
>>Pauline and John-John’s lemonade stand
>>doesn’t yield the results they expected
>>(selling tons of lemonade and making lots of money!), but they have fun
>>
>>anyway and learn that there’s more than one
>>definition of success! Play a team story
>>building game that shows how any new adventure can bring unexpected
>>
>>outcomes.
>>
>>
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>>Giving and Following Instructions
>>
>>
>>
>>When you teach a friend or sibling something
>>new, it’s important to give good instructions.
>>The opposite is also true! When you want to learn something
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