Anne, you made some good points.
IN college, I was surprised to learn that I read braille faster
the few blind students who were educated in the public schools,
but many of my sighted/hearing classmates. (Thesame applied to
mly sighted husband!)
Ironically, when a former Humanware staffer, whose first name is
Larry, did a presentation on the BN at an NFB Convention a few
years back, I was excited enough to be the first in line to buy
one when the Exnibit area opened! It really was a "dream
machine," offering a braille calculator, access to besssellers
and newspapers, plus E-Mail and Internet Access. I no longer
envied hearing/blind folks for their "audio gadets--e.g. talking
calculators, clocks, tape playwers radios and Newline!
(Incidentally, I lost my job because a State Agency changed
their network system to one that was inaccessible to me and, to
blind eployees too. The dif is that they could hear and had the
kind of assistnce to read, whereas I had an Interpreter. If
anything was capable of turning me off as far as PC's go, that
certainly was a clincher!)
You guys have had it made with stuff that doesn'tt require
braille. that too, in addition to the demise of the residential
school, has contributed to the deficiency in braille skills for
many and they don't even know what they are missin!
KC
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