[ebooktalk] Re: RNIB Braille library.
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:56:44 +0100
The Esys12 has only 12 cells but it works reasonably well. And my favourite
machine until it wore out was the Bookworm which only had eight cells. I
found I could read extremely quickly using fingers from both hands on the
eight cell display and pressing the advance key was not a problem. I
couldn't get used to the auto-advance which moved the braille along the
cells.
Steve
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: RNIB Braille library.
The BN PK only has 18 Allison and I find if it's on autoscrolling it does
the job well.
On 28 Apr 2013, at 19:03, CJ & AA MAY wrote:
I retired with my Mellenium Braillelite but it only has a 20 cell display,
which is fine for the purposes of taking minutes, reading meeting notes, but
not particularly pleasurable for reading a book.
Alison
Braillelite
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: RNIB Braille library.
I read using electronic Braille on a Braillenote PK. It's small enough to
travel with for holidays and other travel and you can have thousands of
books on there at a time. In general `i use it for books I particularly
want to concentrate on, so political biographies and historical non-fiction.
But at present I'm re-reading Orwell's nineteen eighty-four on there. It's
also very handy for reading in bed in the dark.
On 27 Apr 2013, at 22:46, Shell wrote:
I don't think the paper is as good quality as the older books Alison. I find
it is quite thin and I often get confused by ghost dots from the other side
and they do start to go flat very quickly. I'm such a slow reader that I
don't borrow from the library now. I am on a few second hand lists and
someone always seems to be giving a book away when I'm ready for a new one.
I only like to have one Braille fiction book around the house at a time as
they take up so much room. Once I've finished it I can pass it on again on
the list. At the moment I'm reading a book called Love and Divotion by Erica
James. I like her books for a gentle read, easy to leave for long periods
and then pick up and read a couple of pages.
Shell.
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From: "CJ & AA MAY" <chrisalis.may@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 9:10 AM
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: RNIB Braille library.
> I read very little Braille these days, just the odd magazine and have
> discontinued my membership of the RNIB Braille Library. I think that maybe
> as I've got older I have lost some sensitivity in my fingers as I now
> struggle with older Braille books which have become squashed and maybe I
> have become lazy too, as it is so much easier and faster to read audio
> books. Also, as I travel such a lot, it is much more convenient to carry
an
> MP3 player in my handbag, rather than a bulky Braille book.
> Alison
> with
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Elaine Harris (Rivendell)
> Sent: 26 April 2013 22:31
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] RNIB Braille library.
>
> Alison,
>
> No, I borrow Braille from the RNIB library and we have come to an
agreement
> that they send them (still free-post) Airmail, otherwise they take three
to
> four months to get here. We have to pay to return them airmail but still
at
> a heavily discounted rate.
>
> I listen to some books and radio drama but only of the highest quality,
> being a bit too fussy for my own good, perhaps. Also, I suffer (literally)
> from migraines so being able to read in silence is a boon. I also read
aloud
> to my fully-sighted husband; at the moment we are working our way through
an
> unauthorised biography of Michael Douglas. Chris is a film buff so he
knows
> many if not all of the films discussed. It is a bit "magaziney" in style
> and, being unauthorised, best to take parts of it with more than a few
> pinches of salt but it makes us laugh, squirm and groan. (This one is from
> the Vision Australia library. Details on request since they have an
exchange
> service with libraries across the globe, I understand.)
>
> (Oh, and you have visited parts of Australia I have yet to see.)
>
> Elaine
>
>
>
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> Sent: Saturday, 27 April 2013 2:55 AM
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>
> Elaine, when you say you belong to the RNIB Library, is that th Talking
book
> or Braille Library?
> I have visited Perth (many times0, Melbourne, Sydney (where I spent 5 days
> in St. Vincent's Hospital), Cairnes, Kangaroo Island, Adelade and Broom -
> but still have lots of places we want to visit.
> We think him crazy, but my brother-in-law is migrating back to the UK next
> month after 15 years in Aus.
> Alison
>
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> Sent: 26 April 2013 12:50
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>
> Hello again,
>
> Thank you for all the wonderful responses and follow-up potted histories.
>
> Clare, I remember you very well and have heard much of you and Voldi both
> from Sue Sharp and Trish.
>
> Alison: I think if I had known how much of "A stranger in a strange land"
I
> would feel, I may not have changed hemispheres. I still hear expressions
> that are new to me and probably fail abysmally by continuing to use
British
> pronunciations and expressions, for which I make no apology though it has
> got me into metaphorical hot water more than a few times.
>
> We lived in Melbourne when first I came out here; I ran an RPH or Radio
for
> the Print-Handicapped station for a year but left before I went nuts;
> everyone seemed to have an axe to grind, often on my head! The basic
> principle with RPH stations is that newspapers, magazines and other
> publications are read on air, or selections therefrom. Sadly, the quality
of
> reading varies widely and, this country being so huge, the stations are
> generally only accessible in State capital cities.
>
> After RPH, I freelanced for a while, including some television
interviewing.
> Waiting to go on set was tough as the studio floors are concrete and Kati,
> my first Guide Dog, who emigrated with me, hated being cold and used to
cry
> until the floor-manager had the brilliant idea of providing a rug for her.
>
> Then on to Canberra where I worked for a number of years. We are now in
more
> temperate north-west Tasmania, within sight, sound and smell of the ocean.
>
> I borrow from the Vision Australia library, one in Auckland as well as the
> RNIB. We know the postman quite well!
>
> Re talk of garden and/or gardening books, last year I read:
> The Morville Hours: Katherine Swift. History, geography, geology, gardens,
> horticulture, archaeology, astronomy, linguistics, spirituality.
Incredibly
> inspiring; not an easy read but an educational, revealing, beautiful and
> lyrical one. A Tour De Force. Based on the principle of the old "Book of
> Hours" in all its forms, but instead of a monastic day, a garden year.
>
> I love the Ellis Peters Cadfael books as much for herb and plant lore as
for
> the mysteries.
> I have always wanted a walled garden like the one in "The Secret Garden",
> but my garden here is my therapy, though I am better at weeding and
pruning
> than planting.
>
> I first fell in love with descriptive writing with L. M. Montgomery's Anne
> books, some of which I am re-reading for fun, inspiration and nostalgia.
>
> My other vice, apart from being besotted by our dogs, (and enjoying doggy
> books) is that I now keep a book diary, listing everything I read, reject,
> or fail to finish. Like most people I used to plough through a book
because
> it seemed the right thing to do; now, if I find myself putting off
returning
> to a book, it is usually an indicator that we're not getting on very
well.
>
> Happy reading,
>
> Elaine
>
>
>
>
>
>
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