[duxuser] Re: Reading Interpoint Pages
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- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:49:56 -0600
Catherine, in line with what George says, we have found here that our sighted
volunteers have a very hard time reading interpoint, so texts to be proofread
by a sighted person are run single-sided. This is something of a debate, since
we have school teachers who want beginners to have single-sided Braille, and
there is some feeling that they should learn interpoint as soon as possible
because it's the way the Braille world is. So your question is a valid one. I
am encouraged to hear George say he can do it; I sort of thought that with
practice it might be achievable but since I am blind I hesitate to insist that
someone learn to do something they are telling me they can't do, when I don't
have any way of verifying that.
Susie
-----Original Message-----
From: George Bell [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 5:22 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Reading Interpoint Pages
Hi Catherine,
Sight reading Interpoint braille is a bit of a skill and an art, but is
not impossible. However, I personally find I can do this easier with
lighting set up in such a way that it create shadows around the dots or
indentations.
Then again, since we repair and maintain double-sided braille embossers,
we must be able to see what the machine is producing.
Having said that, your average sighted teacher over here in the U.K.
will usually insist that proofing in done by them on single-sided copy.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Catherine Thomas [mailto:braille@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 March 2003 11:09
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Here's a question for all the sighted list members with a
> knowledge of braille. Can you read interpoint pages or does
> the image of the dots from the other side of the page get in
> the way? If this is a problem, how do you manage to read
> texts in interpoint braille? I'm asking because I've heard
> that it can't be done but that to me doesn't seem correct.
> Thanks in advance for your replies.
> Catherine
>
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