Sherry, You hit the nail on the head when you said. At 06:07 AM 10/9/05 -0700, you wrote: > Simple familiarity and ease with hard copy braille is a good one. >Concern that she might lose her place or not be able to do her speech >smoothly.
>When I first had mine, i would not have been comfortable using it to read >for a >public presentation. Now I'm used to using it just about anywhere so would >have more confidence. I highly doubt Sandy's problem is shame over her >technology. mine sure wasn't. My hesitating to use it came from still >having a lot of confidence in hard copy and feeling unsure of myself using >the BN. >Sherry This fits me well too. I work with children and read all my children's books in braille. I have made hundreds of twin vision books. I will be reading one of them tomorrow also. You are right in the confidence level. I am using my bn for more and more things, but this is new territory. I don't care what I carry up front when I talk to a group of people. That is just the way it is so no problems with that. Most everyone knows that I have vision problems and then new people will learn quickly enough. LOL. Sandi >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ann K. Parsons >Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 5:39 AM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: [Braillenote] Braillenote or hard copy > > >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. > > > >-- > Ann K. Parsons >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp >Skype: Putertutor >"All that is gold does not glitter. >Not all those who wander are lost." 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