[bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device?
- From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:02:31 +1200
Hi David and list:
Do these coordinators really believe that adaptive technology is developed
to such an advanced extent that blind people have no need of a basic
literacy tool? If this tool isn't Braille, I can't imagine what they'd
propose, speech I suppose? The question is rhetorical in this group, but
perhaps one that those in tertiary Disability coordinator and so-called
Rehab councillor positions ought to spend some more time considering more
inteligently.
Cheers,
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 1:20 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device?
I had a counselor tell me the other day that she had spoken with the
disabilities coordinator at a local college and she was encouraged that the
disabilities coordinator was trying to wean their blind students off of
Braille. The counselor thought that this was wonderful, and that blind
people need to start living in the real world and use laptops instead of
notetakers with Braille displays and Braille keyboards. She used this
reasoning to reject a recommendation from her agency's adaptive technology
specialist for a Braille display with Braille keyboard to be used by the
student with their screen reader and also with an accessible PDA. Of
course the counselor is always right since the adaptive technology
specialist is blind he obviously is not capable of making an unbiased
decision.
Sorry, but this is getting to be more and more the typical response of
sighted counselors and the sighted management that backs their decisions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc" <talmidim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:09 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device?
: If she studies better by braille then tell her to press her point and be
: sure to have a letter justifying why braille is better for her. If she
: needs to she can go to her counselor's supervisor.
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: A mind is a terrible thing....
: robert Doc Wright
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: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Clarence Whaley" <clarence.whaley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 8:28 AM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device?
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: According to google it is a talking voice organizer. Too
: sad that they think it is perfect. Available from Maxiaids.
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: At 09:23 AM 8/25/2006 -0500, you wrote:
: >A friend of mine just had her voc. rehab. case opened. She's in
graduate
: >school and desperately needs some updated equipment. I told her to
request
: >a Braillenote or Pac Mate. After meeting with her counselor, she said
that
: >the counselor insisted that a device called the TADI was perfect for
her
: >needs, and that's what she's getting. I've never heard of it -- and
she
: >wants my opinion. Anyone here ever heard of it?
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