[vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 00:32:17 +0100
Thanks for that Flor. You are an excellent researcher.
Eleanor
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Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
Date: 02/05/2011 12:11 am
See (and if you want, download) from among winning and highly commended
essays at:
http://www.euroblind.org/projects-and-activities/activities/nr/210
-- Some of them are, indeed, good: literary style or flair and such.
No need to worry really over the finer points of presentation. You
either have it, or have it not. (I am reminded here of the difference
between sun shine and showers...)
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From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 11:58 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
I will think again after reading this John. I would still like to read
one of the winning entries or for that matter 2 winning entries as that
would give me a greater idea.
Eleanor
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Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
>From: "John Lynch" <johnlynch7@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 29/04/2011 11:54 pm
Even if I got out my hand-frame and wrote with style - pardon the pun -
there would be no way of proving how the entry was submitted. Whatever
about looking, Braille mostly feels the same on paper if presented
professionally.
I wouldn't say the judges are themselves Braille readers, as from
checking
online in the past, I see (or maybe I feel) that they come from a
cross-section of academic backgrounds. The reason this can be gauged is
because some said it gave them an excellent, and in a few cases,
intimate
insight into blind people's lives and they felt quite privileged on that
account.
Thus, it's the composition of the essay that seems to matter, not how
it's submitted to the relevant EBU organisation who select it for entry.
The only way to show a blind person's Braille writing capabilities is to
have entrants physically present in a hall or room with their frames,
Perkins, Pykes, Stainsbys or qwerty keyboard Braillers and do their
'shtuff'
on those.
Anyway, I tell ye another story. When NCBI first decided to enter this
contest in 2007, they didn't receive the results in a press release in
late
October. I contacted them three months later, and only then did they
get on
to the organiser, who furnished same and NCBI in turn did likewise to
me.
He apologised for his oversight but you can be certain sure it left a
sour
taste in the mouth of some. I was one of five entrants that year, just
the
right number; the following year I was the only one, so the previous
year's
hopefuls either never received the result or thought it was a waste of
time
bothering again.
In 2009 then, for the great Louis's bicentenary, there was an
understandable
special effort made and this time, NCBI did publicise the results, when
one
of their own entrants was among the prizewinners. The 2008 results,
together with the winning essays, were published on the EBU'S website
but
the 2007 winners, being the one I had to enquire about, apart from an
Italian entry, all came from the Easter block. As one fella put it when
I
sent them to him, it was just like the Eurovision song contest of the
last
few years.
Now, where do we go from here?
John L
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>From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 10:00 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
I agree entirely.
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Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
>From: "Nicholas Kealy" <nicky.kealy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 29/04/2011 9:42 pm
Sorry now but this is all a bit of a joke and ridiculous to me. I think
its
a complete cop-out. Braille to me is something that is written on a
page.
Its available to touch. Therefore, I find it ridiculous to think that
you
can enter a Braille essay competition using a digital device no matter
what
its designed for to produce it. If its not done on a Braille machine in
my
view and sent on paper then I personally just think that this
competition is
not doing anything at all to protect Braille as a written language at
all.
Cheers, Nicky.
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>From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 3:53 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
It would be very interesting Flor if someone from NCBI could give us an
authorative take on it.
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Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
>From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
Date: 29/04/2011 3:43 pm
Eleanor,
Interesting. We here have been given the option of emailing our entries.
one can't do that with a paper copy. Who is to know what went on between
the person writing out their essay in their preferred format and the
submission? Our electronic braille note-takers, to, have their own
translation facilities (from print to Braille), as well. And, do the
paper braille copies get sent all the way to japan, or electronic? (if
paper, hoping they don't get crushed along the way!)
I don't know whether I'll enter yet. Good luck to entrants.
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>From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 3:05 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
I had that last year about Duxbury from UK HOWEVER i stand corrected if
I an wrong. The theory was that a Word document translated into Braille
on a computer did not demonstrate a blind person's ability to write
Braille.
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Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
>From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
Date: 29/04/2011 12:57 pm
Hi Eleanor,
have you received official word on that? I believe you could indeed use
Duxbury on your computer which, after all, produces 'digital braille'
files: You can even write files in .dxb - duxbury braille, and convert
them to .brf - braille Ready Files. (you can (also, if preferred) use
six-key perkins-style keyyboard braille entry, on your computer, using
duxbury, and emboss that right away.) A file translated from Duxbury
print to Duxbury braille is still a digital braille file. Hence, it
would be best if NCBI or a competent authority would tell us (or those
of us concerned) which format or kind of digital braille file is
acceptable.
About the essay theme itself: this theme is the same as that of the
competition three - or four - years ago. the WBU (World blind union) is
still in overall charge, from what I can make of it. Now the NFB in
north america is in charge of running the competition over in that
region; and they do not mention digital braille or email as an option
for entry. In the past, we were allowed to write/email files in any
format, or the obvious braille on paper.
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>From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:58 AM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
As long as it is Braille written on an electronic Braille device and
them printed on an embosser but it cannot be written on a computer using
word processing and transcribed to Braille with say Duxbury Braille
Transcription.
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Subject: [vip_students] Fw: Re: EBU Braille essay contest
>From: "tony sweeney" <deirton711@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 29/04/2011 12:52 am
Ah!
Pondering here now of my question re digital braille in the context of
the
competition!
I don't use any of the products of converting print from the computer to
braille but I think this is it!
You type your essay in print on the computer and then convertt to
braille
(digital) using something like Focus, and then you're done.
Anyone with a better explaination then I'm happy that they do get back
to
the list, interesting.
Best,
Tony----- Original Message -----
>From: "tony sweeney" <deirton711@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [vip_students] Re: EBU Braille essay contest
> Hi,
>
> Yep, am curious of digital braille myself in the context of The
> competition!
>
> Not entering myself but best to all who do.
>
> Is there a direct link to the web address of the competition that we
> can
> check out?
>
> Sorry if I missed that post.
>
> Tony
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Lynch" <johnlynch7@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:15 AM
> Subject: [vip_students] Re: EBU Braille essay contest
>
>
>> Well Nicky,
>>
>> I am sure that email is your man if you wish to submit your entry for
>> the
>> competition thus and my very best wishes to all who do. Those of us
>> who've tried it before can always spice up our previous efforts, as
>> there's really not much we add or alter when it's the same topic
>> every
>> year. Then again, maybe we've had enough of it at this stage.
>>
>> To answer Eleanor's query, there was an Irish entrant among the
>> winners
>> in 2009. I think he was of Indian origin, who repatriated to this
>> country.
>>
>> Incidentally, the RNIB'S closing date for preselection entries is
>> today,
>> so not much time left for our British or UK-BASED friends left now.
>>
>> There were a few winning entries available online on the EBU'S
>> website
>> before, not sure if they're still up, but prior to that, when the
>> contest
>> was held for other regions of the world, Asia, Oceania and the
>> US/Canada,
>> winning entires were posted on the World Blind Union's website.
>>
>> As to how adjudication is conducted, I think once presentation of
>> essays
>> are up to the required standard, it's just a statement of preference
>> of a
>> chosen few over others.
>>
>> John L
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nicholas Kealy" <nicky.kealy@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 11:18 PM
>> Subject: [vip_students] Re: EBU Braille essay contest
>>
>>
>>> Sorry Paul but digital braille? Like, can someone enlighten me here
>>> please?
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "(NCBI) Paul Traynor" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx>
>>> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:07 AM
>>> Subject: [vip_students] EBU Braille essay contest
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Just forwarding the below for your attention.
>>>>
>>>> Paul.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> EBU Onkyo Braille Essay Contest
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The European Blind Union (EBU) has launched the 2011 European
>>>> Braille
>>>> essay
>>>> contest, run by the EBU on behalf of Onkyo Co. Ltd. and the Braille
>>>> Mainichi. The competition aims to promote the use of Braille as a
>>>> key
>>>> to
>>>> access to information and social inclusion for people who are blind
>>>> or
>>>> vision impaired.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The contest theme is "Braille literacy changes my way of life".
>>>> Through
>>>> personal experience, candidates should explain how Braille improves
>>>> their
>>>> daily lives. All Braille users residing in a European country may
>>>> take
>>>> part
>>>> in the contest, regardless of age.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Candidates should submit an essay of not more than 1,000 words in
>>>> paper
>>>> or
>>>> digital Braille, including your name, age, country and number of
>>>> words.
>>>> First prize wins US$2,000, with four other small prizes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please submit entries by Monday 30th May 2011 to NCBI Library and
>>>> Media
>>>> Centre, Unit 29, Finglas Business Centre, Jamestown Road, Finglas,
>>>> Dublin 11
>>>> or email library@xxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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