Also, it sounds like you would be more interested in learning braille in order to write it and not so much to read it. Yes, in a way reading and writing braille go hand in hand, but as somebody who had perfect vision until the age of almost 17 I learned braille later on in life and while any learning is easier when you are younger, some of the challenges are the same. I am sure you could learn the braille alphabet and move on to grade 2 braille which are the abbreviations, most of that is memory work. When I used braille a lot which was back at the German Secondary School for the Blind in Marburg, Germany back in the late 80's and even during my University days after I immigrated to Canada in the early to mid 90's, I found that I could type braille much more easily and especially faster than I could read it. I should mention that when I lost my sight I also lost the index and middle fingers on each hand and I read braille with my right thumb, but while I used to be competent reading braille, I could never even get close to the speed some of my friends had who were blind from birth. But like reading aloud, reading braille is not the same for everybody and I read just as well and fast as a few others who were blind from birth just like some people are great at reading aloud and others are not. Unfortunately braille input on an iPhone or for that matter any touch screen device is not possible for me. On my left hand I also lost my thumb and while it was replaced with my second toe which allows me to have an opposing digit, I don't have the fine motor skills on my left hand to press dots 1, 2 and 3 together on a screen, on a mechanical keyboard like that on a Perkins brailler I can use one finger across 2 keys to press them.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: 'Gail Selfridge' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 12:00 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille for seniors?! I should have added that the Hadley school is a correspondence school and they offer instructors for each class they take. If you took a braille course from them, they would give you an instructor and lessons in braille and it is a one on one type of situation. You could go at your own pace and get guidance on the way. I think this would be the best way for you to do it. Gail Sent from Gail’s iPhone On Jun 29, 2019, at 12:47 AM, 'Gail Selfridge' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: The Hadley school for the blind, 700 Space Elm St., Winnetka, Illinois has very good training materials for braille and it is free. But you have to be very determined to learn braille really at any age but especially if you are older. You sound very determined and that’s the biggest part. If you stick with it you can do it. Gail Sent from Gail’s iPhone On Jun 29, 2019, at 12:00 AM, Joshua Hendrickson <louv...@gmail.com> wrote: I don't see why not. As long as the person has a lot of determination and there hands are in good shape. I mean, as long as they don't have any nerve damage in there hand and there sense of touch works fine. I'm not sure about the best training materials. > On 6/29/19, karuna Chopra <kar...@chopra.us> wrote: > Is it possible for someone over the age of 65 to learn braille? > Exploring the accessibility features of my new iPhone, I chanced upon > the Braille entry option on the rotor. I tried using it and was amazed > at how quickly I could start typing in Braille! It was also fun and fast! > Therefore my question-can someone over the age of 65 learn to read Braille? > > I know that with practice I could learn to type in Braille. > But reading braille?? Learning to interpret those raised dots into > alphabets at a reasonably fast speed! 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