[nfb-talk] Younger People

[Eva Bergara-Smith]

Hi,
I'm new to the list.  How do you improve your speed on the slate?  I'm 
guessing practice, practice, practice.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <tjcarter at bluecherry.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Younger People


> Dar,
>
> it's a pretty simple idea if you think about it.  Each row of the Braille
> cell has four possible states.  Neither dot present, one dot present, the
> other dot present, or both dots present.  I haven't seen the key chain in
> question, but I did have an idea somewhat like it not too long ago.
>
> I know that I have lost speed since I returned to school.  There just is
> not much Braille for me to read, aside notes I take with my PK--and the
> courses I've been taking this term haven't lent themselves to taking notes
> either, so I haven't done as much of that as I would have liked either.
>
> I have taken to sometimes reading and writing stuff in Braille just to
> maintain the skills while I am forced to interact in aural and printed
> formats for now.
>
> On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 03:35:24PM -0700, dmgina wrote:
>> Now that cube sounds interesting to me.
>> I didn't know there was one out there.
>> Also I also am loosing the feeling of reading Braille.
>> Not fun.
>> But I like you won't give it up.
>> Of course in my case I started learning Braille when I was six.
>> Now my maiden name was a trip,
>> took me a year to learn it in Braille.
>> I kept telling the teacher , just throw in the whole alphabet and I will
>> learn it loll.
>> T A L I A F E R R O
>> --Dar
>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>> Every Saint has a past
>> Every Sinner has a future
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