Re: [orca-list] the low cost canute braille display

["B.Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

So that means that the braille tables should all be there I think, i.e. 
no reason to worry about grade2 braille.

     B.H.
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On 03/07/15 08:07 PM, Josh K wrote:
> and remember the canute does run linux as its OS it runs raspbian linux.
>
> follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
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> On 7/3/2015 6:48 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> > Good points/usage cases. Also the comprehention of data organization 
> > and formatting is different when one has a physical display as 
> > opposed to having to
> > imagine relative position of words and symbols. For math this 
> > difference can be night and day. Looking at computer code being able 
> > to touch indention
> > would save time and make for a much smoother mental work flow I think.
> > It certainly seems like a no brainer to combine general purpose 
> > braille computer display functionality with any stand alone braille 
> > e-book reader, and
> > having stand alone e-book reading capability is actually pretty cool 
> > also for some of the situations you bring up. That being said, being 
> > connected to a
> > device with a visual display would have been nice when I read outloud 
> > to my daughter so that she could have followed along looking at 
> > pictures and later
> > print words.
> > We used as many print braille books as we could find, mostly kids 
> > books from the National Braille Press. My main complaint was that 
> > there were not more
> > titles available...lol, but also it would have been nice to have more 
> > Spanish language content. A braille e-book reading device would 
> > probably have
> > helped with both issues.
> > Of course none of this is a adequit substitution for hard copy 
> > braille or print braille when it comes to those bedtime reading 
> > sessions, camping trips,
> > etc., but compared with nothing...
> > I have seen how blind young people  struggle here with their more 
> > advanced math courses in highschool and college. It takes long enough 
> > for most non
> > math wizz students to do their homework and prepare for exams, but 
> > when you add the time required to punch out hardcopy braille versions 
> > of much of
> > a tesxtbook with
> > a slate and stylus there's not much time left for sleep, much less 
> > work or a social life.
> > Braille literacy is very important for a few different reasons, and 
> > I'm very much in favour of anything that helps bring braille, both 
> > paper and
> > electronic, in to the lives of more people.