[duxuser] Re: Why Six-key Entry?

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  • Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 13:17:48 -0500

Lisa, if you get up to Austin, I'd like to visit with you.  I'm at the
Criss Cole Center. 


Ann Foxworth, Braille Consultant
Div. for Blind Services
4800 N. Lamar BLVD
Austin, TX 78756
PH: 512-377-0471, 
E-mail: ann.foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Lisa Hall
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:14 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Why Six-key Entry?

Hi everyone,

 

When I was at Louisiana Center for the Blind back in 1994, I learned how
to input ASCII Braille characters on the typewriter keyboard with a
Braille display attached to the computer.

 

When I took the Reading and Writing Braille 1 & 2 back in the spring and
summer 2003, I learned how to input six dot keys using the typewriter
keyboard with both Perky Duck and the Duxbury Braille translator using a
Braille display to check my work on the screen. It's another skill that
I have mastered in the Braille translating business. 

 

I have been very busy updating my web pages and doing a lot of
consulting work for Northwest Vista College since completing the Braille
Transcription Program at Northwest Vista College. I am on my fourth week
at this job working from home keeping track of my activities and the
timing to do each job. Please take the opportunity to view my web site
and maybe you'll come away learning something new every time.

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

Lisa Hall,

Consultant for Adaptive Technology for Northwest Vista College, a
college of the Alamo Community College District. 

Web page: http://home.satx.rr.com/lisahall

Phone: (210) 829-4571

E-mail and MSN I.D.: lhall10@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of WarrenDFig@xxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:02 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Why Six-key Entry?

 

Remember when we were going to totally abandon conventional ovens in
favor of the microwave? Now it is true that many people's cooking habits
center on the newer technology, but it's also true that conventional
ovens still sell. There's a place for either or both devices in the
modern kitchen.

 

It's the same thing with ascii braille and six key entry. Both
techniques are available for use in any combination. But I'd guess that
the use of ascii braille is on the rise as people become more
comfortable with its use.

 

I learned to use ASCII braille in the 80s when I had to write a daily
Braille Corner for the  print edition our school bulletin. At first it
was difficult for me. It felt really wrong to type a comma or a 4 and
get a capital sign or a period on the screen--my fingers and my brain
wanted to rebel. In time the uniquely strange became comfortably
familiar and I got used to it because I had to. Now, it is simply
another skill I possess.  (While I can type in ascii braille, I don't
like to look at it in anything but a braille font.) I suppose that's
because I read braille with my fingers,  too. However, I know quite a
few transcribers who work exclusively in ascii braille  and do quite
well.)

 

I like to use six key for spatial things and appreciate features that
make using it easy. In MegaDots, you can set an editor preference that
automatically flips your keyboard into 6-key mode when you have chosen
the Translate Exactly style. So when I input something like a crossword
puzzle, I 6-key it in the print side and move on. I hope the next
braille production program can do this and even change that portion of
the text to a braille font on the screen.

 

I am happy that Susan Jolley brings up these and other thought-provoking
issues for I believe that her open mind and willingness to explore
different avenues makes her a strong advocate for braille. She is more a
part of braille's future than its past. And that's not always
appreciated in our insular and super ultra conservative braille
world--we guard our traditions and practices aggressively sometimes to
our own detriment. 

 

Warren

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