With me, I have been a Braille user since second grade. Whether I use voice or Braille depends on the setting. When I am making a call, I read the Braille with one hand and press the buttons on the phone with the other or sometimes even the same hand. In the office, I most of the time, use Braille, but at home, I use speech to read or study the manual. I love my Braille display. What is the point of wasting all that money for a Braille display if they will not use it. I use it to obtain spellings and much more. With a mild hearing problem, sometimes you need the Braille to check for accuracy. It sure is faster than spelling out the item.
Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: kathleen spear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:30 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Future Suggestion Dear Sarah, I'm sure you are aware that I truly respect you and believe that you, personally, my regard braille-use highly. However, I have present, in a varietyity of situation, in company with a number of persons who are blind. (We even have an agency right here in this City, where they don't include in their teaching equipment, even one braille displays.) IN any case, very few blind folks of my acquaintance "RELY" on braille. They may have a braille display at their fingertips, but it is a used as a back-up. Let me put it another way. According to national statistics, only a very small percentage of folks who are blind read braille. For the record, I realize, only too well, that the majority rules. In our society, when it comes to assistive technology, speech output rules. It is a factof life with which folks who are deaf-blind must accept. KC ___ 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 ___ 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
