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

[Josh K <joshknnd1982 gmail com>]

no not really. Once you get fast at it with practice you can do homework 
and most anything you could do on your perkins brailler. I have a whole 
addressbook in a binder written on thermoform all brailled with the 
slate and stylus. one of the plastic 4 line 28 cell slates and saddle 
styluses.

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On 7/6/2015 10:25 AM, Alex Midence wrote:
> Yeah, it's pretty handy for jotting down short notes and phone numbers and things like that but for doing an 
> entire homework assignment, it's got to be pure murder!
>
> Alex M
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Chaltain [mailto:chaltain gmail com]
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 7:11 AM
> To: Alex Midence; B. Henry; orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] the low cost canute braille display
>
> A slate and stylus is a lot more portable than a Perkins Brailler. Being able to use a slate and stylus is a 
> good skill to have.
>
> On 07/05/2015 10:21 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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