Heavens! The man in the moon! Now, I'd forgotten all about that. I almost learnt to read it too,for fun. Mind you, I recall that the book I tried to read had lines going in alternate directions! There was a link guiding your fingers down to the next line. I believe they gave that system up around that time, so it had less of an oriental flavour to it later, and now I suppose. You could write Moon to! I recall some ingenious student invented a Moon writer, although I never saw one of those. If I had, no doubt I would have exclaimed, WOW! As Alistair Cookes grand son did when he saw the typwriter Mr. Cooke used. Ray Personal emails: Email me at mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Cretney" <rac@xxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:13 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink > > Just to come in here for a moment, I somehow have the impression that > people are more inclined to encourage older people who lose their sight to > learn Moon rather than Braille. Don't ask me why this is the case as I am > fully aware that the amount of material that is published in this format is > very sparse indeed to say the best of it. > > I think however that it is in fact somewhat easier to use than Braille and > hence easier to learn and to teach. This may be at least part of the reason > for this peculiar practice. > > Tony > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:43 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink > > >> >> I have just received a publication from RNIB (it took a great effort to >> get it in Braille) Called Sight Problems: Changing The Way We Think About >> Blindness. In this booklet it says: >> 'there are systems of reading by touch such as Braille. There are >> 20,000-25,000 people who use Braille regularly, and many more make use of >> Braille labelling on signs, in lifts and on packaging. However, it is >> unusual for people losing their sight in later life to learn the system.' >> >> This sounds to me almost like damning with faint praise. I am sure that >> more people would give Braille a go if they had the opportunity and if the >> benefits were emphasised rather more than the difficulties. I am not >> really sure at whom this publication is aimed but what it has to say about >> Braille doesn't encourage anyone who has lost their sight in later life to >> attempt to take it up. >> >> Iain. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 2:45 PM >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink >> >> >>> But the enigma in this case is how to preserve braille at all, if the >>> vast majority of blind people are older and don't have the opportunity to >>> learn it. >>> >>> James >>> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >>> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> ** and in the Subject line type >>> ** unsubscribe >>> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >>> ** immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >>> ** or send a message, to >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> >> >> ************************************************************* >> This email has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Plus anti-virus system. >> http://www.manx.net/mailplus >> ************************************************************* >> > > > ************************************************************* > This email has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Plus anti-virus system. > http://www.manx.net/mailplus > ************************************************************* > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq