Hi all,
Sandi kelly writes:
> Tomorrow I am presenting at our semi-annual inservice
> day at work.
> I spent the time making a hard copy of my speech. I
> don't feel comfortable
> using my braillenot for my speech. What I want to know
> is what other people
> do. It is an interactive speech and I will be doing
> some starting and
> stopping.
>
> I did not write it myself. It is a scripted
> presentation. ugh.
>
> I am just curious what other people do.
> I will use my hard copy tomorrow because that is what
> I am the most
> comfortable with this time.
Sandi, my first question is why are you uncomfortable using the BN for
your presentation? Seems to me if you were making a presentation
involving responses from a group, that it might be nice to have the
info on a BrailleNote. There's no futzing about with huge bloppy
Braille sheets, no turning pages, no trying to find your place in a
document while the audience is waiting for you to speak. There are
any number of reasons why using a BrailleNote makes sense.
When I was in a concert last spring, the words were all in Hebrew.
Now, I'm not Jewish and I don't speak or read or write Hebrew. So, I
had a friend copy the transliterated text of the words to the Bloch
Sacred Service into a doc file. I transferred it to my BN. I used it
in the concert. (BTW, for all you choral singers out there, if
anybody wants the words to the Bloch, just write me and I'll send it.)
You know, this just made me think of something. If there are others
out there who have words to hymns, songs and choral pieces and they
want to share, what better way to do it than by using a BN? I don't
read Braille Music, but having word to certain pieces makes sense. I
have somebody braille the words to the Carmina Burana and I have them
in an old, dusty folder. But if we do it again, I'm going to get an
electronic copy. Again, if anybody wants the Bloch just yell!
Now the case of the BN is black, that was no problem, but the strap is
also black. So it would have shown up on my white blouse. So, I
corralled a friend who found some lace in her sewing basket. We
replaced the black strap with the white lace and all was well. The
little clips for the strap for the case aren't hard to find, I think I
may get somebody I know to make a white strap for me and I'll have it
if I need it again. I was thrilled to have my BN with me on stage! I
just reveled in the ability to read my words, follow the music and be
right on time and right on cue!
The real issue here is why you are uncomfortable using the
BrailleNote. If it's a voiceNote, then I can see a problem, but if
it's a BrailleNote, just turn off the blessed speech and use it. Is
it that you are worried that your co-workers or your boss is going to
think you're weird for using your BrailleNote? Is it that you think
you will stand out? What? Lady, if you're embarrassed about using a
piece of equipment that is like a pencil, then you better grow up!
Who the Hell cares how you have the script written? You could write
it on birch bark if you wanted to do so, so long as you have the
script. A BrailleNote is a piece of equipment that helps you to be
interdependent! If anybody says anything, to you, tell them to go
suck eggs!
Ann P.
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