Re: Screen readers and how to develop them: A historical perspective
- From: "QuentinC" <quentinc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:04:24 +0100
Hello,
I'm entering in your braille discussion.
I'm 22 years old, and I lose my sight in 2002-2003.
I know braille sufficiently for reading small things, i.e. labels on bottles
and medications, train docks, etc. but when it comes to read longer things like
braille display or complete braille books, I can't, because I'm far too slow.
I'm frustrated, losing patience, because I think faster than I can read.
I would say, don't confuse with being illitterate, that's really not the same
thing. Being illetterate mean that you haven't any idea of letters/symbols, how
to associate them to make understandable words and sentances. An illeterate guy
is unable to write on this list.
I learned to read and write in paper form when I was at primary school, and I
still know what is a letter and how to write words, so I'm not illiterate. Even
if my braille knowledge is only sufficient to read small things.
Braille is only another way to write, it is another alphabet, nothing else.
Just like russian people are using another alphabet.
Are you saying that somebody is illiterate only because he don't know russian
alphabet ? of course no.
And all that hasn't any link with math. An illiterate person could be good at
math even if he is unable to read. Math and reading use different brain regions.
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