I don't have room for anything anymore, I have no space at all here anymore.
I honestly don't know what I'd do with volumes of braille books around. My
closet is jam packed even after I cleaned it out and have a lot on ebay and
other sites for sale, it's still bad.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: the good old brailler
> 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.
>>
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