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I find if you ask for one in Braille, if they don't have one then, they will
next time you go especially if you're a frequent customer.
I just remembered something, math classes are almost impossible with out
Braille, I work like hell to get through math classes on the computer but I
only have one to go and I'd very seriously doubt I can come up with a
Braille display for the one remaining math class though I have half a mind
to try just to see what I'm told by the commission for the blind. If I fail
the current one, I'll get 2 more classes but hopefully I won't.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: off topic braille displays
>I think if a person uses braille music, a braille display with at least 32
> cells is a must. If you try to read braille music with speech, it won't
> make any sense.
>
> Deaf-blind people must have braille displays--they cannot use speech.
>
> Some educators think blind people don't need to learn to read and write
> braille anymore, that speech is enough. That may be true for those who
> lose
> their sight later in life, but for those who are blind from birth, reading
> braille is a must. If a blind child can't read braille, then he/she is
> illiterate.
>
> The more the public sees blind people using and reading braille, the more
> they'll realize how important it is in education for the blind.
>
> Even in everyday situations, braille would make us more independent. Only
> a
> few restaurants have menus in braille. One server told me the restaurant
> had a braille menu and they excitedly got it for a blind person only to be
> told, "I don't read braille." So, it wasn't until I came in that the menu
> was used again. And there are many blind people in my town and it is a
> popular restaurant. Either not many blind people eat in restaurants or
> not
> enough of those who do read braille.
>
> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
>
> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
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