I think this test issue brings up another point. If our BrailleNotes are in
the shop or if our printer breaks down, we have no way to communicate in
print to sighted people. In the old days, there was the typewriter, but
typewriters aren't being made anymore. It seems to me HumanWare should
consider looking into a mechanical solution which would fill the bill.
Unless a blind person has seen before, handwriting with a pencil and paper
is hard to learn and hard for the sighted folks to read. I don't know about
the rest of you, but I would find it hard to dictate an essay with all the
correct punctuation without first writing it down in braille. (I always had
to write essays in braille and then type them).
Another thing: I vaguely remember the SAT test I took in 1969 or 1970 had
both braille and print on the same page and I used a pencil to mark my
answers.
I know that some embossers can emboss pages with braille and print on the
same page. Does HumanWare sell one of these?
Presently, neither my printer nor my embosser will work with my Mpower, I am
very disappointed in this fact, and I know PK users can neither emboss nor
print with their PK's.
It's hard for me to understand why HumanWare hasn't found a solution so we
could use our units with most, if not all, of the printers and embossers on
the market. I suppose some of the problem is many printers, like the HP
LaserJet 1010 series, require installation of software.
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From: "Karyn Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 8:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] braille note on testing
It was david, sorry about that Chris.
I have taken classes at our community college over the last couple of
years
and I had to do tests the good old-fashioned way with a reader. It works
just fine. It eliminates the cheating possibility.
Take care.
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