[vicsireland] Re: Braille displays
- From: "Joan Ann Brosnan" <kerrygirl18@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:10:39 -0000
Hi
Thanks to you all for your thoughts on my questions regarding the Braille
display.
I can definitely see the advantages of having a Braille display in terms of
editing and, I do find that, when I read something in Braille, I tend to
remember it a lot better than when I just hear it with Jaws.
The main thing that is putting me off now is the price of the Braille
displays so, fingers crossed I win the lotto *smile*.
Joan Ann.
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Sent: 21 November 2011 21:35
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Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Braille displays
Hi Joan Ann,
I got a loan of a braille display for a while in college and while I
can see the huge advantage of not having to carry braille documents
around with me and being able to access any document on the computer
with it I found it slowed down my reading. I use to turn off Jaws but
still found I got distracted with what I was reading as you can only
read very little material on each line of the braille display and I
found that when I had to move to the next line I couldn't comprehend
the document as much as if I was reading a physical sheet of braille.
I would love to have one of these machines but don't feel I could
justify the use for it as I can read through braille sheets much
faster than using a braille display. I think getting one of these
machines depends on what option people prefer to go for.
Regards
Mairead
On 11/21/11, Flor Lynch <florlync@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Joan Ann,
>
> I would agree with what Tim and john have said. I would add that I use
> both speech and braille. if i want to read over something I find
> particularly interesting (or curious, even), or for the detail, I may
> read it in Braille without speech. When you read an item in Braille you
> certainly get a more immediate 'grasp' of what and how the person wrote,
> punctuation and spelling.)
>
> If presentation and style are very important, then having Braille to
> monitor the work will be a plus. Much also depends on your braile
> reading speed, which will be a little or a lot slower on your braille
> display (depending on its ease of use and how well you've mastered
> navigating with it). As with most things, you will find you get faster
> with practice. It is good to have alternatives: so if you can get
> braille, then go for it. many displays also have extra keys with which
> (thanks to the screen-reader drivers) you can navigate and tab around
> lists, tree views and dialogues - with or without speech.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joan Ann Brosnan" <kerrygirl18@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "vicsireland" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 2:07 PM
> Subject: [vicsireland] Braille displays
>
>
>> Hi all
>> I am just wondering how many of you on the list who read Braille use a
>> Braille display in work and, if so, do you think that it makes it
>> easier than listening to speech output all the time?
>> Is it possible to navigate the screen using just the Braille display
>> and is it as efficient as using speech?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Joan Ann.
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