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

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

I knew and very much envied some folks who could write with those things 
faster than a speeding bullet.  I was functional, but several serious 
tries to get good with them still saw me lagging behind a drunk turtle.

Al

On 7/5/2015 11:21 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> Jesus!   A slate and stylus?!  Are you kidding me?  I've never made it
> through an entire sentence with one of those damn things without a cramp
> and a few choice curses. Why can't they get Perkins Braillers?  OMG!  A
> slate and stylus!!
>
> Alex M
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> On 7/3/2015 5:48 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.
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