In my case, I don't have the space to keep volumes of Braille books.  I have 
a good sized library of my favorite books in the mp3 format and many from 
nls I downloaded.  I do still use Braille for my phone numbers I keep.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: the good old brailler


> It's not that I hate it, I just much prefer other methods to the point 
> where
> I hardly ever use braille anymore. After 12 years of school lugging many
> volumes of braille books around, hardly ever having anything to do with 
> the
> computer or audio books when they'd have made everyone's job a ton easier,
> it's time I make up the difference some and I really haven't found where I
> need anything else for the most part since I got out of high school. My
> college classes are online, no point to braille there I just save all the
> class notes. My pack mate does good keeping notes for the club I'm 
> president
> of with my laptop as a backup to that. I just don't see where I need it
> anymore, I like this way a lot better.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 1:10 PM
> Subject: Re: the good old brailler
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> It' sad to me that you hate braille so much!  You don't seem to want
>> braille
>> in your life at all.  To each his/her own!
>>
>> I guess it's possible to rely on audio sources and eliminate the need for
>> braille, if a person hates it so much, but the sighted person doesn't 
>> have
>> the option.  He/she can't say, "I'm not going to use print.  I won't 
>> write
>> anymore with a pen or pencil and I won't read print or use a PC.  I'll
>> just
>> ignor print and get along fine!"
>>
>> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
>