[bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:52:20 -0500
Hi, Paula! I do the same thing. <Smile> I'm glad that I was able to
experience the Optacon, and I too occasionally wish I had one when I need to
read something that won't scan even halfway correctly!
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paula Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:18 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
> I used to use an optacon, too. I wish mine still worked, as it would
be
> handy for checking books that don't scan properly, rather than waiting
until
> a sighted family member is available. When I visualize words, I sometimes
> picture them partly in braille and partly in print, because of having used
> an optacon.
>
> Regards,
> Paula
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:48 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
>
>
> > When I convert language into written words in my brain, it's always in
> > braille, though I can convert it to print if I make a conscious effort
to
> do
> > it. Even when I use to read with the Opticon, (I know, that means I'm
> > slightly older than Shelley's 23 years, <grin>), which had to be read
one
> > print letter at a time, I had to convert those letters into braille in
my
> > brain in order to put together the final word. It is also the method I
use
> > to remember phone numbers...visualizing them written in braille.
> >
> > I also find it very difficult to explain in words how I visualize
objects
> or
> > mental maps or people or exactly how I experience dreams. That is, I
have
> > no trouble describing events around these things such as what the dream
> was
> > about, but when people ask me about the images in my dreams, or what I
> > process from detailed descriptions of things around me that are larger
> than
> > I can reach, such as descriptions of a mountain view or particular
> > architecture, I have trouble giving explanations that are
understandable.
> > It's like my frame of reference is different and I lost the ability to
> > describe it because it wasn't understood by others. Still, when a
> person's
> > name is mentioned, I get a mental image of that person, and it's
> > disconcerting for me as a very verbal person, not to be able to explain
> it.
> >
> > This is a very fascinating discussion and I'm glad that we're having it
> even
> > though we're deviating from the topic of books for the collection. But
> then
> > after the discussion of lascivious hardware and blueberries, I guess
it's
> no
> > surprise that we're deviants!
> >
> > Peace and Hope,
> >
> > Donna, who really has no business being awake at this time of the
morning!
>
>
>
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