[bksvol-discuss] Re: spelling
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:10:55 -0400
I actually find myself making fewer spelling mistakes after switching
from sighted use to TTS. The mistakes stick out way more. Eyes have
a way of gliding over errors, duplicated words etc. TTS, if you are
paying attention, forces you to hear everything that was typed.
It doesn't help that much with homographs, but then not much does.
On 7/23/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> That was the first thing taught to me after I learned the first ten
> letters. I don't think it would have taken long to figure it out myself, but
> I am
> glad I didn't have to. That would have made it that much harder.
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> Hi, all, I was a really lazy kid when learning Braille, but now I'm glad I
> have the knack of it. I don't know if your teachers ever mentioned that
> Braille has a logic to it. When I was a kid, nobody ever said to me: "Hey,
> do you notice how A through J feels? The first dot of E goes to the left
> and
> the second goes to the right. Do you see how the first dot of I is? It goes
> down on the left and the second dot goes up on the right? If you look at K
> through T, it's exactly like A through J except dot 3 is added to
> everything
> . . ." In fact, I noticed this when I was learning Grade 3 Braille and I
> thought how adults could understand the logic of Braille. I have no idea if
> this helps or not for adults who are trying to be comfortable with Braille.
> I'm wondering if somewhere along the line folks are making Braille less
> logical which might be scaring them. Also, I think if folks take their
> time,
> they might get somewhere. I recognize Braille is completely different for
> folks who were used to reading print before they became blind, but I urge
> you to not sell yourselves short. You are right that speech is easy, but
> then again, Braille is a means of literacy and can connect with your brains
> when reading a book. I also know that this might be a hard thing to come
> to,
> and I don't remember when it happened to me. I've been blind all my life so
> Braille to me is like reading print to sighted folks. That's all I'll say
> on
> this, but if you want to talk about this with me, could you email me off
> list so I don't get in trouble (smile)? Regards, Kim aka Ellinder.
>
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> Roger you point up one of the big reasons for continuing to teach and learn
> braille. Braille readers tend to have better spelling than do people who
> only use speech.
>
> Elizabeth
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