Hi Fred, I can sympathize. I learned braille when I was 50. My best advice is to practice, practice, practice! Find a book or choose a braille magazine that you simply can't put down. What you need is a real page-turner, and then read it in braille. After that, choose another! Keep records in braille, either using an electronic braille display/input device or a Perkins, and refer to your notes whenever you need to find an address, identify a spice jar, etc. The more you use braille, the easier it will be. Hadley's courses are wonderful and their teachers kind, encouraging, and non-judgmental! Use the lightest touch you can, that will definitely help with identifying the letters and contractions and help you to increase your reading speed. Good luck, and don't give up! Penny
On 6/29/19, Greg Wocher <gwoc...@gwocher.com> wrote: > Hello all, > I am 43 now and I lost my sight a month before my 27th birthday. I have > found it very hard to learn to read braille efficiently. I did well learning > what the dot configurations were but reading is more difficult for me. It is > nearly impossible for me to read paper braille unless its jumbo braille. > After nearly 40 years as a type one diabetic my fingertips are just not as > sensitive as others. I also struggle with feeling like I am in first grade > trying to learn how to read again. My brain has problems with this. LOL. I > do have an Orbit reader 20 which I purchased as soon as they became > available. Braille is so important but I struggle with it all the time. > > Greg Wocher > > >> On Jun 29, 2019, at 1:23 PM, kitty hevener <kheve...@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> >> Yes, it is absolutely possible. Prior to my retirement, I taught braille >> to many clients who were seniors. Also, hadley institute for blind and >> visually impaired offers free correspondence courses to help u learn >> braille. Good luck and if I can be of any more help, yell. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: karuna Chopra >> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 1:13 AM >> To: ViPhone >> Subject: Braille for seniors?! >> >> 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! Is it possible for me? >> If yes, how should I go about doing it? >> Should I be buying a refreshable Braille display? >> Help, guidance or any indication about this would be wonderful! >> K >> >> P.S. I am actually many years over 65! But ladies are not supposed to give >> their age :-) >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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