Hi Charles, You definitely show your age when you mention slate and stylus. In my experience most younger blind people don't even know how to use one let alone use it. With the growth of technology I only see braille solutions like a slate and stylus becoming even less relevant to blind users.
For example, in the 90's and early 2000's something like the slate and stylus became obsolete when the VI market was flooded with note takers like the Braille N' Speak, Type N' Speak, Braille Light, Braille Plus, Pac Mate, etc. Now days a blind person is more likely to grab their iPhone or iPad to jot down a quick note than anything else. There is definitely a good reason for that. When I first started losing my vision my VI teacher tried to teach me how to use a slate and stylus along with using a brailler. Quite frankly I never got the hang of the slate and stylus and even though I could use it I found it painfully slow and tedious. So by the time I went to junior high I got my parents to buy me a Braille N' Speak and I put my slate and stylus in a drawer and pretty much forgot about it. Most of my peers did the same. On 9/1/14, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > If a sighted person were to write them down for you, could you read their > writing? A better solution would be a slate and stylus and a piece of heavy > > paper. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > > you! really! are! finished! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
