[access-uk] Re: Braille Maths Tray 1960s

  • From: "Angel" <angel238@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:36:26 -0400

Well, I have a New York Point slate. There were three different Braille coads in America prior to 1932. New York Point, which made the Braille dots horizontal rather than vertical, it was advocated for speed of reading. American Braille, which gave the most used letters in English the fewest dots, the advocates of which claimed speed of writing, and Braille used in Europe. Which was adopted, for the most part in 1932, as what was called then "Standard English Braille. I also have an instructional booklet for the teaching of Moon writing, written in both Moon script as well as Braille. I have an old Hall Brailler. Which is more like a standard manual typewriter than is the Perkins Brailler. I am not familiar with the Braille writers used in times past in Europe. I also have a Taylor frame, or as is called in America a British Taylor Slate. A very fine article which can be found on the net regarding reading and writing techniques employed by the blind over the past 200 years is "Reading by touch". It was written in 1965 by your then head of the RNIB Mr. Donald Bell. I found it most informative. In fact I read it in 69, and it sparked my interest in blindness history. Only by knowing our history can we know how truly great and marvelous we are as a people. This is truer of us than of any other minority group. Because all other minority groups have other role models in their own families exemplifying personal integrity and greatness. Inspiring them to understand achievement is indeed possible. But, for the disabled, we are often the only ;person in our family with a disability. Further many of us had our sight, and lost it later in life. We often focus too much on our losses to fully comprehend the wonderful world in which fate has cast us. We have no idea the grand achievements made by others in history with sight who were deprived of such, sometimes in adulthood. Our educators aren't grounded either in blindness history; and are therefore subject to the stifling prejudices of the majority of the sighted populous. I recommend you go up and read both "reading By Touch, and "The war of the dots" by Robert Erwin. A pioneer, and the creator of the concept of mainstreaming of the blind. He was the first totally blind student to graduate from Harvard. Those will whet your appetite for more of the same. Again, I wish to thank the poster of the article regarding mathematics. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Williams Family" <welivehere7@xxxxxxx> 

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hi
Has anyone ever made oa collection of historic equipment disigned for the visually impaired from the simple taylor frame and hand frames to the modern hi-tech stuff which quickly is superceeded by the latest technologies. It would be an interesting mobile museum to display alongside one of the exhibitions like sight village. likewise has anyone written a comprehisive history of such technology? unfortunately far beyond my capabilities but would be a facinating project. 
brian

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From: "Angel" <angel238@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 10:36 PM
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Thank you for this informative article. I saved it. As I love reading all forms of blind history. We are truly an intelligent lot aren't we? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Williams Family" <welivehere7@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 3:20 PM
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Hi Eleanor
while trying to explain the tailor frame to our children, my wife and i both used them at school in the 50s and sixties, i googled the frame and found this article which may be of interest to you. 
http://s22318.tsbvi.edu/mathproject/ch1-sec6.asp
brian


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From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 7:40 PM
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Yes please Colin, with and without would be good. I thought the tray was a very pale blue *smile*. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Howard" <colin@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 7:36 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille Maths Tray 1960s



Eleanor,
these frames are known as Taylor frames, they could be used both for algebra 
and numeric applications.  I am unfamiliar with the algebraic
representations but the numeric type, which were all basically lead, had a bar at one end and two lumps at the other. The holes were octagonal and numbers and minus, plus, multiply, divide, decimal point and equals were represented by the position of either the bar or lumps. The rest of the 
ends on each type were flat.
I have one of these plastic frames and from my days having useable sight, 
remember the board was redish-brown and the tray and back white.
I will see if a friend can photo mine, do you want with and without type, in 
the board and laying in the tray?  I only have the numeric type.


Colin Howard, living near Southampton in Southern
England, draws your attention to the up-and-coming
2012 Olympics on the starting day of which is his
birthday!!
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