Congratulations Sammie; I am a new BT user and also a student of Siville Allen. She is great. We are both lucky! Keep up the good work. Terry Powers from MD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message----- From: sammie clay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 8:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] why I love my BRAILLENOTE Hi List Subscribers, Please over look the number of times I used the word BRAILLENOTE, but if you heard the terms of endearment I address it by, you'd think me nuts. I am 70-years old and completely lost my vision eight years ago. I immediately began learning braille, but didn't like the Perkins brailler because after typing a page I discovered errors that couldn't be corrected without rewriting the entire page. Then there was nobody to write: I didn't know anyone besides my braille teacher who knew braille. Because I am a blind veteran, the veterans hospital sent me to a blind rehab center in New Haven, Conneticutt. When they discovered that I knew braille, they allowed me a choice of blind aids and Rhonda Clark recommended I ask for a BRAILLENOTE. (Thanks Rhonda.) They gave me this wonderful device and I contacted Pulsedata to get training recommendations. They gave me a phone number in my area for an instructor. Between Seville Allen (my instructor) and Rhonda Clark, I am able to use my BRAILLENOTE for many things. First of all, I didn't have to learn to use a computer (I was computer stupid when I was sighted), and SUDDENLY, I could contact my friends and family without talking on the phone. Also, this device enables me to take classes from the Hadley School for the Blind. I receive my lessons, by post in braille, but I can send my assignments and correspond with my instructor via E-Mail. I am also able to edit whatever I write using refreshable braille and or speech. This helps me a lot because I can hear what I wrote and catch errors that I may have missed reading braille. This also allows the device to disavow any knowledge of the mistakes I don't catch. Before I received my BRAILLENOTE, I was becoming a vegetable mentially, expecting answers from my guide dog when having a conversation with it. I'm having so much fun with my BRAILLENOTE now that I've almost stopped listening to talking books, and I realize the dog is wonderful, but it's only a dog. Sanity returned with my BRAILLENOTE. I have no problems with my Braillenote, because with the HELP function, the manual, Rhonda, and seville, everything works fine. My one problem, and this is not with PULSEDATA, is that the ISP's don't know I exist. Often, when I try connecting to a service and can't, I call EARTHLINK and their representative tells me that MICRESOFT CE is not an operating system. This surprised me because I'd been using EARTHLINK for almost a year. My question is can PULSEDATA provide some kind of training to the ISP's: charging them for that service of course). Although we are a small community, we spend a lot of money for our toys and technology, so they need to know who we are. Some of us may never feel the need to get and learn to use a computer; therefore, anyone selling us technical support should at least be aware of the access technology they're supporting. I hadn't intended being so wordy, but I had to tell the PULSEDATA world how much I enjoy my BRAILLENOTE; and to let you all know how much i'm learning from your messages. Many, many thanks, sammie Clay Hadley student and currently world-class E-Mailer without a computer. ___ 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
