[access-uk] Re: Does the digital age spell the end of Braille? - News - Gadgets and Tech - The Independent
- From: <Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 15:13:39 +0000
Hello David, if you're still with us,
The simplest way to explain it is that I have heard Braille Shorthand casually
referred to as 'grade 3 Braille".
Best,
Clive
Clive Lever
Diversity and Equality Officer
Kent County Council
Office: 01622 221163
Email: clive.lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
Kent County Council
Room G37
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Maidstone, Kent.
ME14 1XQ
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
David Halliwell
Sent: 22 May 2014 16:09
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Does the digital age spell the end of Braille? - News
- Gadgets and Tech - The Independent
Dear Norman,
Thank you for your post to the Access List regarding Shorthand Braille. I have
tempoarily unsubscribed from the list, as life is too short to read about
individual's experiences with Braille; we all have them, and they're all
different, but broadly the same, we use braille less for better or worse.
I am a braille fan, and would be interested in understanding more about
"braille shorthand" is this different to grade 2?
Yours with thanks
David
Sent from my iPhone
> On 22 May 2014, at 14:07, "Norman Waddington"
> <normanwaddington504@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Jackie,
>
> One of the problems is the fact that if something is not used it is not used
> Braille Shorthand being a good example. I can read it and write it and I am
> prepared to teach it. People tell me there is no demand these days for
> Braille shorthand. Once I have gone the skill will be lost if it is not
> passed on to others to keep it going point made?
>
> Another point is the fact that authorities decide when Braille should be
> introduced to kids at school. Surely the sooner the better. If we get
> power cuts what will they do then? No analog skills are being taught as far
> as I can see to a greater or lesser extent!
>
> Norman.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Jackie Brown
>> Sent: 21 May 2014 16:59
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Does the digital age spell the end of Braille? -
>> News - Gadgets and Tech - The Independent
>>
>> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Gordon Keen
>> Sent: 21 May 2014 16:21
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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