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.
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Jim, ke5al
-----Original Message----- 
From: Harvey Heagy
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 4:39 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: absolutely nothing to do with ham radio but Dayton made me 
think about it.

Although I started learning Braille in Kindergarten, I never considered
myself a fast Braille reader.
Harvey

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 10:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: absolutely nothing to do with ham radio but Dayton made me
think about it.

I have never met a person who learned Braille after puberty and was fast at
it.
Brain connections I guess.
Its sad how many partials were discouraged from learning Braille, or even
listening to books.
Books were never pleasurable to many of them, and they never reached their
full potential because of it. 


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