Sammy, Actually, you are using a computer of sorts, let's say the blind users' version of a palm pilot. Hey, did you ever try bookshare? It's a great place to get hours of reading. I read all kinds of books from there. You just won't believe the selection! You can read them in braille or in voice. If I can help you with that, my address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm brendin there because in Spanish, that would be pronounced brendean. That's my knickname with some of the Puerto Ricans I work with. Well, my ISP ran out of Brenda's without a number, so that's how I decided on my address. Heck, bookshare is great. If you're in the US you might like this thing. I can grab a book, and oh, I never have to mail it back. My Voicenote reads it to me. Of course, you could either read it by voice or braille with your braillenote.
Brenda Mueller > ----- Original Message ----- >From: sammie clay <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:40:39 -0700 >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
