[access-uk] Re: Chancing the cards?
- From: "Adrien Collins" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:37:15 +0100
Hi
I had the problem with the braille getting squashed but with
care, you can use a style like those they sell for use with
hand frames and carefully re do the braille.
Regards
Adrien
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ibrahim
Gucukoglu
Sent: 05 February 2012 01:07 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Chancing the cards?
Hi Mike.
I have a set of playing cards which must be 15 years old or
more, I?ve had them since I was a child and used them
regularly. The cards come in a sturdy cardboard box and the
braille dots though very faint on some of them are still
quite legible. If RNIB are putting braille cards in a tin
to protect the dots and they think this is an acceptable
reason to charge over double what the print cards sell for,
they?re clearly desperate to add value to these to justify
the price. The packaging makes little or no difference to
the cards since if you use them on a regular basis the dots
will become flattened and fainter over time anyway, a tin
isn?t going to make the slightest difference to that. If
RNIB were to sell a set of plastic like cards which were
robust and sturdy instead of the flimsy cardboard ones they
sell, then I could perhaps justify spending that on a set.
As you say though, I?m probably going to have to buy a
decent set myself and have them brailed with sighted
assistance.
All the best, Ibrahim.
From: Mike Moore <mailto:mikeis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:36 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Chancing the cards?
Ibrahim,
Obviously you have failed to take into regard the high
quality box the cards come in..... though it is to protect
the less than sufficient quality of the playing cards, so
the bumps don't get flattened!!
It's a sod, but I agree with Peter, buy a good quality set
of cards, the vinyl ones which will give a good sharpness of
Braille and mark them yourself. You can also come up with a
better system of ID..
Kindest,
Mike
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ibrahim
Gucukoglu
Sent: 05 February 2012 10:11
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Chancing the cards?
Hi Everyone.
I know we?ve discussed games on here in the past, so I
thought I?d raise this issue as it raises my hackles
somewhat. I was on the RNIB online shop this morning
looking for brailed playing cards, and was shocked to
discover that these cards cost £7.26, while the standard
printed cards cost less than half this at £3.5. For an
organisation that claims to promote equal access, this is
hardly an encouragement to take up a new hobbies or interest
as it penalises those of us who must use braille. A couple
of sets of these cards would set me back a Wapping £14.5, an
outrageous amount of money considering that the work
required to adapt these cards IE putting a suit and numeric
denominator on each hardly merits such an inflated price.
Thoughts anyone?
All the best, Ibrahim.
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