[access-uk] Re: Next Generation Perkins Brailler, no kidding!

  • From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:23:10 +0100

Many thanks Carol.  With all the proposed changes, I've no doubt the exam will 
alter again in the not too distant future? 


Jackie Cairns
 Braille Support Adviser
 Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Sight and Sound Technology
 Welton House North Wing
 Summerhouse Road
 Moulton Park
 Northampton
 NN3 6WD
 Telephone: 01604 798024
 Fax: 01604 798090   
 Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Carol Pearson
Sent: 17 October 2008 21:08
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Next Generation Perkins Brailler, no kidding!

Jackie,

Well done on your achievement!  Hmmm!  That advanced exam sounds nothing like 
they used to be ...

Keep up that good work!

--
Carol
carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Jackie Cairns wrote:
> Hi Dave
>
> I had to do my papers on a Perkins mate, it was the whole object of 
> the exercise.  And there was no way I was going to undertake it on 
> anything other than my own machine.  Paper one was a comprehension 
> piece that required answering seven questions.  Paper two was split 
> into three sections: a piece of straightforward text, maths, and an 
> advertisement containing websites or Email addresses, phone numbers 
> and postcodes.  And paper three was choosing from three or so topics 
> to write freely about, subject to a given number of lines and 
> characters.  I was the only blind person there doing the exam, the 
> rest could all see.  I had to go into a room with the invigilator on 
> my own because the second paper with the three sections had to be done 
> from audio to Braille, where my sighted counterparts did it from print 
> to Braille.
>
> I'm just glad it's over and that I passed!
>
>
> Jackie Cairns
> Braille Support Adviser
> Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology 
> Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton
> NN3 6WD
> Telephone: 01604 798024
> Fax: 01604 798090
> Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Dave Taylor
> Sent: 16 October 2008 14:47
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Next Generation Perkins Brailler, no kidding!
>
> Hi, I must admit, I wouldn't consider doing an exam on anything other 
> than my trusty old Braille Lite these days, or the computer if I 
> really had to. I certainly wouldn't personally go back to a perkins 
> now, I'm just so used to technology. It is important to have a 
> notetaker whose behaviour you can completely predict and control for 
> such purposes though. I'd be interested in why you think the Perkins 
> is so preferable Jackie. I think that could open up some interesting 
> issues.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:22 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Next Generation Perkins Brailler, no kidding!
>
>
> Hi Husna
>
> My mum and dad bought my Perkins for me when I started school in 1968, 
> which I think cost something ridiculous like £14.  The same machine 
> sits on my desk at home just as fit and well as it was back then.  It 
> no longer fronts my Braille I love ABBA stickers, but it's as good as 
> new, and I wouldn't swap it for anything there is today unless I 
> really have to contemplate it.
> I took it to Birmingham in July to do my BTEC advanced Braille exam, 
> and it served me well.  It's one of these sacred things no 
> sophisticated technology could replace for me!
>
>
> Jackie Cairns
> Braille Support Adviser
> Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology 
> Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton
> NN3 6WD
> Telephone: 01604 798024
> Fax: 01604 798090
> Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Husna Begum
> Sent: 15 October 2008 21:50
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Next Generation Perkins Brailler, no kidding!
>
> wow, the same brailler worked for 41 years! must be some kind of 
> record. at school they were allways going wrong.
>
> husna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clive Pallett" <clive.pallett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Access-UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:47 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Next Generation Perkins Brailler, no kidding!
>
>
>> Hello Jackie and fellow listers,
>>
>> Further to my last post, I'm certainly not kidding with the news of 
>> the
> Next
>> Generation Perkins Brailler.  Just go to:
>>
>> www.perkinsbrailler.org
>>
>> You will find links to the features, FAQ, video, manual and even a 
>> song composed by a blind guitarist which you can freely download.
>>
>> I have had My dear old Perkins Brailler for nearly 41 years and it 
>> has
> given
>> me trouble-free service, so will hold onto it for as long as 
>> possible.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Clive Pallett
>>
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