While I do partly agree on the litteracy front, there is another side to it.
when I first switched from primarily writing in braille to typing, my
spelling was horribly bad simply because I was so used to grade two
contractions.
I couldn't spell very basic words like little, recieve or father. It was
only through writing in Word Perfect and using the spell check that I learnt
my mistakes, since reading in braille I just got the contractions, and
having been taught at such a young age those contractions were so integral
to the way I thought that I still thought! of the word station as being two
signs rather than s t a t i o n, despite knowing the difference.
Thus, myself I disagree that the relationship between braille and lack of
grammar or spelling is exactly that one way, indeed grammar mistakes I
myself notice far more reading in speech than braille since I am able to
hear the rythm of the sentence and punctuatiom far more easily.
It is true that the reason sighted people care about spelling and maintain
such is it's visible obviousness, however I disagree that braille is
automatically a solution for all it might help some people, ---- indeed I
myself believe that sufficiently good synths, such as Daniel which I am
using now can highlight spellings well enough if people just pay attention
to them. I do wonder for example how many people have their synths set not
to read what words or letters they type, or have their synths set just to
read letters and then type so quickly that they do not actually hear what
they are doing, (this is the reason I myself have mine set on reading words,
since with my typing speed it comes out at the same wrate as normal speech).
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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