[access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink
- From: "Tink Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:05:45 +0100
James,
Good point. I was asking from my own perspective, but in the case of
young children the case must be very different. The learning curve for
example is more acceptable at a younger age, as well as perhaps the access
to Braille material easier.
Tink.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
James O'Dell
Sent: 08 July 2005 12:23
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink
Hi Tink
I Think one of the greatest concerns of those of us who want to preserve
braille is that there is a medium in which young children can become truly
literate. It is far too easy for education authorities and the rest to say
that braille doesn't matter, that you can do it all with technology, but I'm
really not sure whether many totally blind people would be able to learn to
read and spell with technology that doesn't involve braille. How are you
supposed to understand what a word is?
I was very lucky and had full-time braillist support at both primary and
secondary school, and I think it was and is invaluable. Perhaps as the
price of refreshable braille comes down (have there been any product
launches from Tactile Dynamics yet?) more people will have the opportunity
to see how both braille and technology can have a good future.
James
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