hello friends, i am working as a telephone operator, daily i am reading and writing braille. without braille, i feel totally illiterate. i can search numbers very quickly in braillebook. braille script is boon to the blind person without which he or she is like illiterate. with best regards. m.chandrashekar
On 6/4/08, Sanjay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, your assumption is wrong. If pen and paper can survive amidst all the > technological growh, why not Braille. Some blindies and their institutions > may have negative views about braille. But ask a deaf-blind person, he/she > will explain you the importance of Braille. I am a fluent Braille reader > as well as a computer user but still I yearn for Braille books which are > not at all affordable for me. No audio medium--which is certainly passive > can be compared with Braille. Hours of audio and visual reading may strain > your ears and eyes. But, hours of Braille reading will never make your > hands feel strain nor will have any adverse effect on the reader. Of course > the above statement may not true in the case of a beginner. This is a skill > to be possessed by every blind child for his/her complete growth. When I > was studying in college, I took notes by using news papers. Neither I was in > a position to afford cassettes, nor readers nor quality Braille papers. > Braille is the most simplest and affordable tool of a blind person. > Just compare, something or someone is reading for you throughout your life; > you are writing something without having the knowledge of letters and their > shapes; with the self-dependent Braille script every bit of which can be > decoded by you. > This is just a glimpse of our dear glorious Braille which has educated and > enlightened millions of blind people in the world. Please do not criticise > this beautiful art and skill > Thanks > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
