[access-uk] Re: Does the digital age spell the end of Braille? - News - Gadgets and Tech - The Independent
- From: "Eleanor Martha Burke" <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 16:37:26 +0100
I concur Norman and would say to David, there is way too much benefit by
staying on list, things pop up from time to time and we all get carried away
and then they settle back down again.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Norman Waddington
Sent: 22 May 2014 16:30
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Does the digital age spell the end of Braille? -
News - Gadgets and Tech - The Independent
Hi David,
Braille shorthand is a different advanced code in Braille in that all vowels
are missed out for a start. Different letters are used in context for
different things. If you want to talk about this please ring either
01977792935 or mobile: 07901636525.
Please do not leave the list I realise that the traffic has been heavy today
due to the thread but it should calm down again.
Norman.
> -----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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