My test is I can use a Braille menu. That's fast enough but I wish I was
fast.
I can do 26 pages an hour, no more. Its like CW for me, I can hear faster
than I can send.
Maybe I should give in and use a keyboard. On the other hand, considering
my typing, maybe stick to the Bencher.
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Harvey Heagy
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 10:33 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: braille, was: absolutely nothing to do with ham radio but
Dayton made me think about it.
Well, Jim, join the club. I wish I was a fast Braille reader, but I'm just
not. We were reading it with our primary hand index finger with the index
finger on the other hand marking our place on the next line which worked for
me pretty well. But some superintendent felt it was faster to read it with
both index fingers following each other on the same line, so we did. I
think for me that slowed me down. But like you, I do support Braille
instruction for all legally blind children as well as those newly blinded
adults who can learn it.
Harvey
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Jim Shaffer
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2015 8:47 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: braille, was: absolutely nothing to do with ham radio but Dayton
made me think about it.
I've never been a fast braille reader either. In second grade, my teacher
noticed that I was struggling with print and my limited sight, and switched
me to braille. She told me later that I did two years of work in one year
using braille. I tell this story in a letter I wrote to President Obama as
part of an NFB campaign to send 100 letters supporting braille instruction
to the president. My letter was one of those chosen.
I wrote the JJRadio program so that I'd have what amounts to a braille ham
rig. I use braille to monitor/control the radio now, and keep the TS-590's
VGS-1 turned off. When in a QSO, I turn my computer's speech off too.
--
Jim, ke5al
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