[access-uk] Re: Braille Books

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:13:21 -0000

Hi,

Not only that, but you'd think the supplier would test the demo unit before
taking it out?  Or is that too simple?

All the best

Steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Dave Sheridan
Sent: 10 January 2015 00:09
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille Books

Hi Derek

Have you had some of the braille books produced by the RNIB recently? No,
I'm not going to knock RNIB again but speak up for braille displays. As
someone who uses a braille display like Rajmund the beauty of it you carry
the book within the memory of your device or on a USB drive. Faults
occasionally occur in any of our devices as was the case that you refer to
Derek, but one shouldn't assume that this is a common occurrence. In
practical terms reading braille on a braille display is as efficient as from
that on braille paper. The added beauty of the braille display is you're not
dealing with faded dots but a clear sharp dot. 

Dave

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> On 9 Jan 2015, at 23:14, Derek Hornby <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 
> Hi Mo.
> I think Mike's point is that it's much easier to read a  Braille book
> on  paper,  rather than  a Braille display.
> 
> I would agree.
> 
> Few weeks ago  I was visited  by a Braille display
> sales  man.  The aim  of the visit was to give me  a demonstration.
> Guess what,  the  demonstration failed to start  simply  because
> the sales man discovered the  kit was faulty!
> 
> So the point here is.  If Mike has a Braille  display
> to take to  his class to read a book, what if the  display  becomes
> faulty  on the way  to class!
> 
> We can rely  on paper books,  but we can not rely  on a Braille
> display
> not going faulty  at the wrong time.
> 
> Regards  Derek 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Mobeen Iqbal
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 10:01 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille Books
> 
> hi mike.
> 
> you could possibly try and get hold of a braille display second hand? 
> that'd allow you to read the classics not to mention other books at
> will.
> 
> all the best,
> 
> Mo.
> 
>> On 09/01/2015 21:52, rajmund wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Oh. Do you have an embosser? If so, you could produce some that way.
> If not, Hopefully someone will have an idea.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Friday, 9 January 2015 9:30 pm
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille Books
>> 
>>> 
>>> I need Braille books for a Braille class.
>>> 
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