Hi Charles: I have a feeling this is something we won't agree on, but let us take a different tact here. What is it about braille that makes it so much better than the alternatives?
Let us start with your first example. What is it about playing with a physical deck of cards when playing Solitaire that is so much better than an electronic version of Solitaire? In my opinion the experience is worse. When trying to shuffle the cards I frequently drop them, don't get them shuffled right, or I have them laid out on a table and the blasted cards end up getting mixed up when bumping the table and I have to go back and fix the piles. Plus with physical cards the braille tends to wear out after a while and need to be replaced. None of these issues are problems with a computer version of the game. So I would like you to explain what I would get out of a deck of braille cards that I can not get out of a computer game besides the annoyances? In terms of labeling I actually do braille things only because I happen to have the equipment and the means to do it. I have a braille labeling gun which comes in handy for labeling DVDs, music CDS, and other things around the house. If I did not have that label gun I am certain I would use something else like a talking barcode reader or something. I think what it boils down to is I am not attached to braille, never have been, and it doesn't mean anything to me personally. I can use it if it is available, but otherwise I will happily use something else. Someone older who has used braille all their lives probably are less interested in finding a newer way of doing things when what they have works for them personally. So I don't think it is a case of one being better than the other but a matter of preference, but I am interested to know why you are so in favor of braille when it seems to me to be a worse solution than other technical methods of accessing the same info. Cheers! On 12/12/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > It's a real shame that you don't use braille more often. Why use a computer > > for a game of solitaire when brailled cards are just as good if not better? > > Cards give a card game a totally different atmosphere. Without them, it's > just a computer game. No feel to it whatsoever. > > I am fortunate enough to have a Bluetooth 40-cell braille display, and I use > > it to read NLS books on my iPhone. Someone sends me word scramble puzzles > through Email that I solve with the braille rather than with speech. No > need to arrow around, just read the jumbled word and unscramble it. To me, > > braille is a method for which such puzzles are tailor made. Speech just > flat doesn't cut it. Why use an electronic device to label when braille > works better? You don't need to use a device to read your labels when > you've got perfectly good fingers. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > > you! really! are! finished! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
