No, Cathy! Not one cell! Do you remember the Braillemate? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Williams Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:15 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] question about speach.
Virgie, if I still had feeling in my fingertips I would most certainly use Braille along with the speech so each could support the other in delivering the information. The little bit of feedback I got from my husband's braillenote 32 when setting it up with the wireless card was really nice, but it took forever and a day to read the Braille and I'm sure isn't good for the display. No...I don't read with my tongue although it's a thought. The years I spent working with rehab included the assignment to make state computer systems accessible to the blind division employees. Until I got the speech access working with the state sofware, I had to read with nose on screen hunched over my keyboard. Regretably this caused nerve damage in neck and wrists and I had to take early medical retirement, L.T.D. because I can no longer feel to distinguish much with fingertips. I read Braille now by letting fingernail slide over and down each dot kind of picking at it, then putting the image t ogether i n my mind to form the character. Extremely unsatisfactory. But if you can read Braille it is a wonderful thing to have a Braille display on a notetaker be it 1 cell or 80. The feedback is just grand! ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
