I used a teletype once to communicate with a deaf blind individual. On the home row or some row, I can't remember which, there was the regular row of typewriter style keys but a blind person could use the sdf and jkl keys to do regular Brailling. I didn't get to see the other end of it but it was nice because I had a delightful conversation with a gentleman whose cousin was a Nun at the college I was attending and Sister was a great friend so I was able to tell him what she was up to and he was able to tell me what he was up to. He could talk perfectly alright as he had lost his hearing very late in life. Anyway, as I have said I don't remember if there was an extra row or how it was arranged but it was a marvelous machine. Some of you may remember Dr. Richard Kinney who was dirrector of the Hadley School for the Blind for many years. He was also deaf-blind and used such a device and my Sister was one of the typists for a book he wrote and when the book was publishedshe and her Husband were invited to the reception at the school and my Sister tells the story of how my Brother in-law had such a great conversation with Dr. Kinney about Notre Dame's hopes for a national championship for that particular season. Ok I think having both speach and Braille is marvelous. I primarily use speach because it goes faster but like the Braille when I am out with the gps and there is a lot of traffic this way I can just look down and check where I am or read the number of satellites tracking me. Ok bye for now. Mary Ellen Earls
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 15:29:10 -0400 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] waterproof the BN >Yes, I just realized why a braille note with speech would be handy for a >deafblind person. There used to be something which I think was called a >teletype, and I think that it was a querty keyboard with a braille display, >and I believe the way it worked was that, both sighted and blind people >would type what they wanted to say, and the blind person would read the >braille. Now for any of you who know about this gadget, did it have a >screen so that the sighted person could see what the blind person was >typing? If so, what would happen if a deafblind person, and another blind >person who could hear, but didn't use braille, were trying to communicate? >So here's where braille note with speech, and probably the qwerty board >would be so handy. Am I right in my thinking? >By is the teletype still around, or has it gone the way of the dodo bird? >Linda. >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
