Hi Gordon I agree. It is quite frightening to see so many mistakes and a complete absence of punctuation in even the most basic of messages these days. You can't beat good, old-fashioned Braille if you can read it, not just hoping your speech synthesiser is saying the right thing!
Kind regards, Jackie Brown Twitter: @thebrownsplace Skype: Thejackmate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith Sent: 24 November 2013 17:14 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! Subject: Re: Braille Hi Jackie In the interests of diplomacy, I won't pursue this discussion too far. Suffice it to say that the overall standard of literacy and grammar these days is utterly appalling. That, I regret to say, is a trend which is set to continue. Those of us who had the basics drilled into us at school were among the fortunate. Computers and talking this, talking that and talking the other are all fine in as far as they go. They should not, however, be viewed as a substitute for literacy. Not, at least, amongst the very young. Kind regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> <[email protected]> Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Providing Help & Support To Young People LivingWith Visual Impairment, plus Braille Transcription services. On 16 Nov 2013, at 09:34, Jackie Brown <[email protected]> wrote: You were taught Braille in the same era as myself, and with the same logic at the time. They claim now though to have these daft changes in place so that it is easier with Braille translation software to have a unified code. I don't get it personally, but there you go! ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
