[vicsireland] Re: Braille displays
- From: Francis Dunne <francis.dunne@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:31:48 +0000
The Workplace adaptation Grant is only available to Private Sector
employees, Public bodies are obliged to make the workplace adaptable
from their own resources,
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment_and_disability/grants_for_adapting_or_equipping_the_workplace_for_disabled_staff.html
You could request the equipment, they are not allowed to refuse if
there is a need for it.
Francis
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Joan Ann Brosnan
<kerrygirl18@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Tim
> I am working in the public sector and, as far as I am aware, the FAS
> grant is only available to those working in the private sector.
>
> Joan Ann.
>
> On 11/22/11, Tim Culhane <tim.culhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Joanann,
>>T
>> Not sure if you are working or in education, but remember the workplace
>> adaptation grant is available if you needed the display for work. Its
>> administered by Fas and I believe you can claim up to around 6000 euro every
>> 3 years.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joan Ann Brosnan
>> Sent: 21 November 2011 22:11
>> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Braille displays
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mairead O Mahony
>> Sent: 21 November 2011 21:35
>> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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