[access-uk] Re: Does the digital age spell the end of Braille? - News - Gadgets and Tech - The Independent
- From: "Jackie Brown" <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:59:10 +0100
I just get really irritated over the misconceptions Braille and blindness
cause. I've read bits and pieces in the past with people forecasting the
imminent demise of Braille. Obviously demand will fade away if people stop
using it, but I think we are a long way from that, digital age or not.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
Twitter: @thebrownsplace
Skype: Thejackmate
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Gordon Keen
Sent: 21 May 2014 16:21
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Does the digital age spell the end of Braille? -
News - Gadgets and Tech - The Independent
Hi
Yes that was my take on the article as well, however I decided to post the
article as I felt that some might want to visit the exhibition with a view
to expressing their opinion once they had actually attended.
Regards
G
From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England.
.
On 21 May 2014, at 15:44, Iain Lackie <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I wasn't aware that the journalist was dismissing braille. If anything,
the professor was concerned that blind people were being denied access to
braille due to the rise of the use of other digital sources of information.
I think it unfair to blame the journalist for expressing the fears of
someone else. If braille is not taught, of course it will die out. I have to
say that even as a braille user, I read much less braille than I used to. I
don't read any less, however.
>
> Iain
>
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