Now I feel guilty because the prison didn't occur to me. But then, I doubt
that the prisoners will benefit financially from repairing your braille
writer, while the blind guy in Iowa, Bill Ackley is his name, will. The
repair, including UPS return, is $144.33. I sent the braille writer to him
last Tuesday, free matter for the blind. He says I'll have it by this
Friday.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 12:46 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Also about how things have changed
Speaking of Braille Writers, I have three. My own, and two donated.
All three need work. I finally went on-line and debated between two repair
services, the one Miriam chose and the Vacaville Prison. I chose the
Prison. I sent one Braille writer to them, and it should be here today or
tomarrow. Total repair cost is about $70. But it was in very sad repair.
If it is in as good repair as they claim, I'll send them a second one. The
repaired writer will go to a blind woman who lives in a group home and has
no money. She has used Braille all her life, but has never owned a Braille
Writer.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/10/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am having one of my 2 braille writers repaired. These are Perkinsit, but perhaps not.
braille writers. I used to have 3 of them, but I gave one to my friend
after she returned to the convent and had no money to repair her
braille writer. In retrospect, I suspectd the convent might have paid for
Her convent died and its residents were moved to wealthier convents.repaired and upgraded it.
Anywaym
my braille writers were liberated from a closet at The Industrial Home
for the Blind by my husband in the early 60's when he was rehab
teaching supervisors. One of them has barely worked for several years.
Recently, I got myself together, searched on the net for people who
repair braille writers, and emailed a bunch of them. Two answered, and
I chose the one who sounded most professional. He's in Iowa. He just
called me to tell me that my braille writer was built in 1958, and he has
But here's the important thing, which relates to Carl's 10 facts
email. The Perkins braillers are now made of plastic components and
these are manufactured in India. They are not at all the same quality
although they are lighter in weight, of course.
Miriam
