Hi Siobhan: I couldn't agree more with you about the importance of braille. I'm a bit perturbed that only a small percent of blind children are being taught braille. I started learning braille when I was seven, not long after I came to the States from Vietnam. I have many fond memories of reading physical braille books, sneaking them under the covers in bed and very quietly turning the pages so my family wouldn't know I was still reading well after midnight when I should have been sleeping. Oh the days too of lugging huge volumes around in my backpack! I flew through all the books my TVI teacher had that one weekend, I took home two volumes of a braille encyclopedia and read those. If it hadn't been for braille, I wouldn't have learned to read braille music and partake in sight reading and music theory exercises when I was in a girls chorus. And I can't imagine how anyone could do well in math and sciences without braille; I know it's possible, but it certainly wasn't for me! That's super cool that your bank provides your statements to you in physical braille; mine doesn't so I just look at them electronically. Do you have a braille display? I have two--a forty-cell Braille Edge and the eighteen-cell Refreshabraille. I also can't live without a slate and stylus for labeling things on the go. I've never heard of the Giraffe scanner stand but I'm glad it works for you. I did purchase the KNFB scanner app years ago when it first came out. But nowadays I love Seeing AI and Voice Dream Scanner. I like Voice Dream Scanner because I'm a voice junky and I like having my documents read in different voices. ::LOL:: Anyway, thanks for this great video.
It is rather, isn’t it 😂 This said, there is nothing I enjoy more than dancing on the end of a pin myself. I think it’s very much like a language, but I accept the point you make here. Some of the symbols for instance have a meaning in their own right, and yes of course you are correct in saying that it is a system to make a language accessible, but it does not follow normal print conventions. I also use it
Misty K yep, it is a writing system, but it’s a form of language that enables me to read. Many people I’ve spoken to describe it as their own language. Take your point though. Thank you for your comment.
Hi Siobhan:
I couldn't agree more with you about the importance of braille. I'm a bit perturbed that only a small percent of blind children are being taught braille. I started learning braille when I was seven, not long after I came to the States from Vietnam. I have many fond memories of reading physical braille books, sneaking them under the covers in bed and very quietly turning the pages so my family wouldn't know I was still reading well after midnight when I should have been sleeping. Oh the days too of lugging huge volumes around in my backpack! I flew through all the books my TVI teacher had that one weekend, I took home two volumes of a braille encyclopedia and read those.
If it hadn't been for braille, I wouldn't have learned to read braille music and partake in sight reading and music theory exercises when I was in a girls chorus. And I can't imagine how anyone could do well in math and sciences without braille; I know it's possible, but it certainly wasn't for me!
That's super cool that your bank provides your statements to you in physical braille; mine doesn't so I just look at them electronically. Do you have a braille display? I have two--a forty-cell Braille Edge and the eighteen-cell Refreshabraille. I also can't live without a slate and stylus for labeling things on the go.
I've never heard of the Giraffe scanner stand but I'm glad it works for you. I did purchase the KNFB scanner app years ago when it first came out. But nowadays I love Seeing AI and Voice Dream Scanner. I like Voice Dream Scanner because I'm a voice junky and I like having my documents read in different voices. ::LOL::
Anyway, thanks for this great video.
Another great cidro. The only thing they would've made it better would've been if you showed us how to collapse the stand.
OK, so, I know this is a nitpicky comment, but: Braille is not a language. It is a writing system that transcribes a previously existing language.
It is rather, isn’t it 😂 This said, there is nothing I enjoy more than dancing on the end of a pin myself. I think it’s very much like a language, but I accept the point you make here. Some of the symbols for instance have a meaning in their own right, and yes of course you are correct in saying that it is a system to make a language accessible, but it does not follow normal print conventions. I also use it
Misty K yep, it is a writing system, but it’s a form of language that enables me to read. Many people I’ve spoken to describe it as their own language. Take your point though. Thank you for your comment.