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

  • From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:55:56 +0100

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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