What bibles has anyone found that are more accessible, and work well with the Braille Note? I would really like to have the bible on a memory stick or something so I can have the whole thing to read on my Braille Note. Thanks
Drew Hunthausen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank M. Hernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 8:59 PM Subject: re: [Braillenote] Braille Note In Church > This is a great topic. > I too use my M Power at church. > I'm the Music Director/Worship Leader and I use my M Power all > the time. > > People at church do ask questions, but ones I tell them what I'm > doing, they are fine with it. > > I also take notes on the teaching, read my bible verces and teach > sunday school with it. > > I also keep track of all the music sets that we do from week to > week. > > I wish someone would send me the weekly bulletin, but I'm not > that lucky. > > My M Power gets a lot of stage time. > Sometimes, when I'm teaching the band or the Ensemble a new song, > I'll play the MP3 from the MPOWER. This is great because I can > plug it in to the sound system and can controll the play back > right from my piano, instead of having the sound man stop and > play the track. > > The MPOWER has really helped me a lot in my church life. > > I like the idea of reading hymns from it, but there is no way for > me to play and read at the same time. > > I would be interested in seeing what hymns you all have on your > BNS if you are interested in sharing. > We sing about 25% hymns and 75% new songs. > > Thanks for shareing your BN stories. > > Frank M. Hernandez. > Tucson, Arizona. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: Joleen Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] > >Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:43:43 -0700 > >Subject: [Braillenote] Braille Note In Church > > >Hi All, > > >Our church secretary e-mails the bulletin for Sunday each Friday. > A church > >member volunteer types the words of the hymns we are to sing each > week. I > >paste the hymns into the bulletin where they are to be sung. > Then I save a > >text copy of each hymn with its number and title as the name of > the > >document. That way they all are listed as in the print hymnal in > the > >folder on my compact flash card. I continually update a hymn > list and sent > >it to our church secretary so that she knows if a given hymn is > already in > >my folder. In this way, I am gradually creating a text version > of our > >hymnal and I have the bulletin, the announcements, and the hymns > for each > >week. I e-mail my edited version to a blind friend who also > attends our > >church and uses a different note taker. > > >There was a bit of a learning curve for getting all this to work > out, but > >now it is slick. I agree with a previous post that one must > strip out all > >the formatting by converting the document to a .txt format. > > >There have also been times when I have embossed a copy of our > church > >bulletin for friends visiting. > > >When I bought my Braille Note initially, I went back and forth > about the > >extra expense for the braille display. Now I am so glad that I > spent the > >extra money. Another church-related use I make of it is to > braille the > >music for our chimes group and read and memorize from my > electronic copy. > > >Everyone sees my Braille Note in church and there is no problem. > > >Once though, when the little kids came forward for the children's > sermon, I > >was in the front row and searching for a Bible verse that I hoped > to use in > >my part of the service. One little kid, as he left, accused me > of playing > >computer games during the service. There was no time to set him > >straight. Oh, the impression we make. > > >Joleen > > > . > >At 02:06 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote: > >>Hi Christopher: > > >> I use it in church all of the time and they do not have a > problem with > >> it. I have people come up to me and ask me what it is that I am > reading > >> with, and I get to explain it to them. > >> Sincerely, > > >> Jolena Foster > > > > > >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] > >>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:01 PM > >>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Off subject I suppose > > > >>>May I ask, would the church allow worshippers to follow along > using an > >>>MPower? Just curious. A very interesting idea though! > >>>On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:16:26 -0400, "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) > [E]" > >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>>>Ann; > >>>>Keep me in contact. I am also interested. It sure would be neet > to > >>>>take my M-power to church and be able to follow along. > >>>>Still interested in hymns. Never got the free hymnal a bible > study > >>>>group promiced me at convention. It was just the words. > >>>>Terry Powers > > > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: Ann K. Parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 1:19 PM > >>>>To: Braillenote List > >>>>Subject: re: [Braillenote] Off subject I suppose > > >>>>Hi Guys, > > >>>>I'm on the trail. It's gettin' warmer, but I haven't been able > to > >>>>contact the lady. She's out of the office. Hang in there folks. > >>>>I've often found that the best way to get info is to start at the > >>>>original source. So, I'm hoping the Xavier Society does have > what > >>>>Mona wants. It may not be in electronic format, but it should be > in > >>>>hard copy Braille. > > >>>>Ann P. > > >>>>-- > >>>>Ann K. Parsons > >>>>*** NEW EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>*** NEW WEB SITE: http://www.portaltutoring.info > >>>>Skype: Putertutor > >>>>"All that is gold does not glitter. > >>>>Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > >>>>___ > >>>>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 > >>>-- > >>> Christopher Hallsworth > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>___ > >>>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 > > > >___ > >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 > ___ 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
