[bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
- From: "Sharon Jackson" <dolly1025@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 15:17:44 -0400
In my graduate classes, we have debated over the issues of print and/or
Braille are forms of reading media, but screen readers and audiotapes are
not. I believe this is true since the screen readers and audiotapes read to
you while the others you read yourself. I guess it would depend on the
person and how much information they can retain from any form of information
access. I believe everyone should use what options are available to them,
therefore, students should learn what is available and base their options
according to their preferences and not just what they are shown.
Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kellie Hartmann" <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 2:08 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
> Hi Liz,
> Your story about the child using only CCTV is just the kind of thing that
> irritates me so much. That girl will probably get into college and wish
that
> she knew braille, especially if she happens to lose what vision she has.
>
> I really believe that reading braille and reading with audio are two
totally
> different things, just as much as reading print and listening are
different.
> I do enjoy audiobooks, but I process information from them and from
braille
> in very different ways. If there is information that I really need to
study
> and remember I do much better if it's in braille. I once had to use an
audio
> version of a linguistics text, and although it was beautifully done I
found
> myself having to take extensive notes just to keep my mind focused
> sufficiently. If the book had been in braille I would have taken very few
> notes, if any. I know that other people don't have this dichotomy and can
> absorb audio material as well as they absorb print, but it would be
> impossible to know that with a young child, so they need to be taught
both.
> As you say, everyone will eventually make their own choices about what
> they've been taught, but the more choices you have the better.
>
> As for spelling, braille can cause its own problems there too. When I was
in
> school they made sure that I wrote the answers to my spelling tests in
grade
> 1, and later I typed them on a typewriter. That's one thing that using a
> computer can help with. I had to laugh the other night when I wanted to
> write in my journal. I've been using so many foreign language braille
codes
> as well as doing most of my writing on the computer, and it took me a
while
> to remember how to type in grade 2 braille. <lol> I read braille every
day,
> but I guess I don't write it very often anymore.
> Kellie
>
>
>
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