One of the guys one the blindgadgets mailing list mentioned those wheels, but he seems to think they're not really available any more.
I think I'll initially just look for a ballpoint pen with a thicker point as such.
Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Manders" <andre@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'National Accessibility Portal mailing list with topics focusedon accessibility for users with visual disabilities.'" <blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [Blind] Drawing on Braille paper, on a leather place mat
Hello there Yes, you need to use the right pen with a not to thick and not to thin point. Council use to sell them. You use to get a wheel tipe of objectwhich had teeth almost like a miniature gear with a handle. They used it atschool to do drawings in the math class. It worked the best. If someone knows what I am talking about please let me know if they are still available. groetnis Andre Manders Disability Specialist Tel: 0861 342 230 Fax: 086 518 0140 Cell: 082 575 2165 Email: andre@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: blind-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blind-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger Sent: 19 February 2010 07:09 AM To: NAPSA Blind Cc: BlindZA Subject: [Blind] Drawing on braille paper, on a leather place matNot really relevant to much, but along the lines of what were talking aboutthe other day, and after we discussed something similar on another mailinglist, I yesterday got out a softish leather placemat, and took some standardsmall braille paper sheets, and tried drawing on them using both the stylus,but it seems to hook on the paper surface a bit, so just ended up using a normal ballpoint pen, and the only thing that would really work better is maybe one with a slightly less fine point, and I suppose another point behind using something like a pen instead of just something hard/sharp is sighties will also be to able to look at the drawings after you're done, even though you're sort of drawing in reverse/from behind from the tactile point of view. Anyway, initially just tried drawing simple shapes like squares, circles, triangles etc. using my other hand to sort of keep track of where wasdrawing, but you can sort of feel the drawn lines from both sides during theprocess, and they came out not too bad - I suppose - and ended up playing around and drawing a sort of smiley face - a circle where I put a bit of a hair fringe on top to cover up a minor problem since think when the circle wrapped around, the lines didn't meet 100% right, and after that drew twolittle round eyes inside the circle and finished it off with a smiling linefor a mouth inside as well. Will still have to get a sighted person to tell me how it looks, but it feels generally alright from the tactile side, although not 100%symmetrical, but that's not the end of the world, and it's really a sort offirst time. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signaturedatabase 4878 (20100218) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Blind mailing list Blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.napsa.org.za/mailman/listinfo/blind _______________________________________________ Blind mailing list Blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.napsa.org.za/mailman/listinfo/blind__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4878 (20100218) __________The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
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