Re: Using Small Braille Display Question, was Re: Braille for seniors?!

2019-07-01 Thread Angie Nutt
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > sherrywells1...@gmail.com > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 9:54 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Braille for seniors?! > > Hello karuna, > > Sounds like you already have a good start

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2019-06-30 Thread Carolyn Arnold
You go for it, Karuna! Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of karuna Chopra Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 5:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille for seniors?! OMG!! Thank you all you

RE: Using Small Braille Display Question, was Re: Braille for seniors?!

2019-06-29 Thread Dean Martineau
braille will be easier to feel and read than braille on paper. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Arnold Schmidt Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 4:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Using Small Braille Display Question, was Re: Braille for senio

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2019-06-29 Thread Susie Stageberg
Best regards, > > Carolyn > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > sherrywells1...@gmail.com > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 9:54 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Braille for senior

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2019-06-29 Thread Julie Dawson
build a site to be proud of. - Original Message - From: "alia robinson" To: Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 12:51 PM Subject: Re: Using Small Braille Display Question, was Re: Braille for seniors?! well as I???ve said the actilino scrolls based on the position of y

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2019-06-29 Thread karuna Chopra
2019 1:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille for seniors?! Hello all, I am 43 now and I lost my sight a month before my 27th birthday. I have found it very hard to learn to read braille efficiently. I did well learning what the dot configurations were but reading is more difficu

Re: Using Small Braille Display Question, was Re: Braille for seniors?!

2019-06-29 Thread alia robinson
well as I’ve said the actilino scrolls based on the position of your finger, even on IOS. it is the best reading experience I ever had. better than a 40 cell IMO the bigger displays hurt my shoulder, continually reaching and reaching. the actilino's 16 cells, but it’s always scrolling so you don

Using Small Braille Display Question, was Re: Braille for seniors?!

2019-06-29 Thread Arnold Schmidt
he world. Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of sherrywells1...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 9:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Braille for seniors?! Hello karuna, Sounds like yo

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2019-06-29 Thread Carolyn Arnold
] On Behalf Of Greg Wocher Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 1:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille for seniors?! Hello all, I am 43 now and I lost my sight a month before my 27th birthday. I have found it very hard to learn to read braille efficiently. I did well learning what the

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2019-06-29 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Behalf Of Greg Wocher Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 1:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille for seniors?! Hello all, I am 43 now and I lost my sight a month before my 27th birthday. I have found it very hard to learn to read braille efficiently. I did well learning what the dot

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2019-06-29 Thread Carolyn Arnold
: RE: Braille for seniors?! Hello karuna, Sounds like you already have a good start! I don't think there are any hard & fast rules about age & learning. It all depends on the person. And if you speak more than one language, I think you already have an ability to learning a new

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2019-06-29 Thread Carolyn Arnold
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 2:00 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille for seniors?! I don't see why not. As long as the person has a lot of determination and there hands are in good shape. I mean, as long as they don&#

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2019-06-29 Thread Carolyn Arnold
heck? Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of karuna Chopra Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 1:14 AM To: ViPhone Subject: Braille for seniors?! Is it possible for someone over the age of 65 to learn braille? Expl

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2019-06-29 Thread Penny Reeder
. Also, hadley institute for blind and >> visually impaired offers free correspondence courses to help u learn >> braille. Good luck and if I can be of any more help, yell. >> >> -Original Message----- From: karuna Chopra >> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 1:13 AM

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2019-06-29 Thread Greg Wocher
nstitute for blind and visually > impaired offers free correspondence courses to help u learn braille. Good > luck and if I can be of any more help, yell. > > -Original Message- From: karuna Chopra > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 1:13 AM > To: ViPhone > Subject:

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2019-06-29 Thread kitty hevener
Message- From: karuna Chopra Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 1:13 AM To: ViPhone Subject: Braille for seniors?! Is it possible for someone over the age of 65 to learn braille? Exploring the accessibility features of my new iPhone, I chanced upon the Braille entry option on the rotor. I tried using

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2019-06-29 Thread Dean Martineau
ps.com On Behalf Of karuna Chopra Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 1:14 AM To: ViPhone Subject: Braille for seniors?! Is it possible for someone over the age of 65 to learn braille? Exploring the accessibility features of my new iPhone, I chanced upon the Braille entry option on the rotor. I tried us

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2019-06-29 Thread Susie Stageberg
, June 29, 2019 6:01 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille for seniors?! Oh of course. All you need to learn is The positioning of six dots or six fingers in the case of typing. Reading braille fluently could be a challenge at that age but not what you’re trying to achieve. Sent

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2019-06-29 Thread Sandra Streeter
so hope this will enable us to gather data and continue to improve and refine the system to make it as effective as possible. Sandra Something is wrong, I know it, if I don't keep my attention on eternity. May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful. (Mary Ol

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2019-06-29 Thread sherrywells1157
19 1:14 AM To: ViPhone Subject: Braille for seniors?! Is it possible for someone over the age of 65 to learn braille? Exploring the accessibility features of my new iPhone, I chanced upon the Braille entry option on the rotor. I tried using it and was amazed at how quickly I could start typing i

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2019-06-29 Thread Sandra Streeter
keep my attention on eternity. May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful. (Mary Oliver) -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of karuna Chopra Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 1:14 AM To: ViPhone Subject: Braille for seniors?! Is it possible

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2019-06-29 Thread TaraPrakash
Oh of course. All you need to learn is The positioning of six dots or six fingers in the case of typing. Reading braille fluently could be a challenge at that age but not what you’re trying to achieve. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 29, 2019, at 1:13 AM, karuna Chopra wrote: > > Is it pos

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2019-06-29 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
gards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: 'Gail Selfridge' via VIPhone Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 12:00 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille for seniors?! I should have added that the Hadley school is a correspondence school and they offer instructors for each class

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2019-06-29 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
One more advantage of taking any Hadley course, is that you can get a bookshare membership for free if that is something you also are interested in. On 6/29/19, 'Gail Selfridge' via VIPhone wrote: > I should have added that the Hadley school is a correspondence school and > they offer instructors

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2019-06-29 Thread 'Gail Selfridge' via VIPhone
I should have added that the Hadley school is a correspondence school and they offer instructors for each class they take. If you took a braille course from them, they would give you an instructor and lessons in braille and it is a one on one type of situation. You could go at your own pace and

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2019-06-28 Thread 'Gail Selfridge' via VIPhone
The Hadley school for the blind, 700 Space Elm St., Winnetka, Illinois has very good training materials for braille and it is free. But you have to be very determined to learn braille really at any age but especially if you are older. You sound very determined and that’s the biggest part. If you

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2019-06-28 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I don't see why not. As long as the person has a lot of determination and there hands are in good shape. I mean, as long as they don't have any nerve damage in there hand and there sense of touch works fine. I'm not sure about the best training materials. On 6/29/19, karuna Chopra wrote: > Is i

Braille for seniors?!

2019-06-28 Thread karuna Chopra
Is it possible for someone over the age of 65 to learn braille? Exploring the accessibility features of my new iPhone, I chanced upon the Braille entry option on the rotor. I tried using it and was amazed at how quickly I could start typing in Braille! It was also fun and fast! Therefore my quest