[access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink
- From: "Tink Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 22:26:12 +0100
LOL. The three R's. It's a wonder any of us actually got it
together, whatever the medium we learnt through. *Grin.
Tink.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Sunil
Sent: 08 July 2005 19:38
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink
Well said. Reading riting and rithmatic...innit.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Iain Lackie
Sent: 08 July 2005 19:33
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink
I think that is a major point. Literacy is about writing as well as reading.
Iain.
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From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 1:48 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink
> Well Tink, I must say that's rich coming from you, (smile). If ever
> there
> was someone who was eminently adaptable it must be yourself. Given
that
> you lost your sight a few years ago, it is remarkable how you have
taken
> to access technology. Guess it helps in your case that you were very
IT
> literate in the first place, but that hardly detracts from your
> achievement.
>
> I'd say that those who know Braille are far closer to the quickness
> and
> simplicity of using pen and paper, which I still do from time to time.
> Ray
>
> Personal emails: Email me at
> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 12:22 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink
>
>
>> Hi Tink
>>
>> I Think one of the greatest concerns of those of us who want to
>> preserve braille is that there is a medium in which young children
>> can become truly literate. It is far too easy for education
>> authorities and the rest to say
>> that braille doesn't matter, that you can do it all with technology,
but
>> I'm
>> really not sure whether many totally blind people would be able to
learn
>> to
>> read and spell with technology that doesn't involve braille. How are
you
>> supposed to understand what a word is?
>>
>> I was very lucky and had full-time braillist support at both primary
>> and secondary school, and I think it was and is invaluable. Perhaps
>> as the price of refreshable braille comes down (have there been any
>> product launches from Tactile Dynamics yet?) more people will have
>> the opportunity to see how both braille and technology can have a
>> good future.
>>
>> James
>>
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