FW: Welcome to the Braille for Educators course

 

Here's some information you might find useful.

 

Nic

 

Subject: Welcome to the Braille for Educators course   Hi all, INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENTS: The braille folder contains supplementary exercises. These are for you to write over in pencil for reading practice. (They are the same as the print exercises in the Primer, so you can check with that if you need to.) This means that you braille out Exercise 1 from the Primer and write-over Supplementary exercise 1 from your braille folder, then do the same for Exercise 2, 3, etc. Please braille your name on the top of each Exercise you braille out for me (give this a go, I'm a braille reader, so need to keep track of who's work belongs to who). Frances Gentle will mark your supplementaries.    Here's some useful info from the American Foundation for the Blind message board. I hope you find it useful too.   How to Use the Perkins Brailler   Posted by Sharon P. Vlahovich on 2/5/2004 5:02:55 PM.   We need simple instructions for students. Does anyone have/or know where we kind find this information?   There are currently 3 replies.   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   list of 1 items • Re:How to Use the Perkins Brailler Posted by anugeetha on 03/01/2006   perkins Brailler is by far the most efficient device for producing braille "by hand" (i.e., not generated by computer). The Perkins brailler has nine keys: the six keys corresponding to the six dots, a space bar, a backspace key, and a paper advance/line feed key. In addition, it has a thumb-lever to move the typing head back to the beginning of a line. Dots are made by pressing one or more keys simultaneously, following this pattern: 1. Dot 1: index finger of left hand 2. Dot 2: middle finger of left hand 3. Dot 3: ring finger of left hand 4. Dot 4: index finger of right hand 5. Dot 5: middle finger of right hand 6. Dot 6: ring finger of right hand The space bar, in between the six keys, is pressed with either the left or the right-hand thumb. The backspace key is on the far right, and the paper advance key is on the far left. To load paper, follow these instructions: 1. turn the paper knob (on either side of the brailler) as far as it go, turning it counterclockwise 2. open the print head by pushing the left-most lever (on top of the brailler) all the way forward 3. insert the paper until it stops 4. close the left-most lever 5. press the paper advance key once to set the paper To remove the paper, simply push the left-most lever forward and remove the paper. You should ensure that the paper is either rolled out FIRST or that you have advanced it all the way to the bottom of the page. Once you have removed the paper, it is difficult, if not impossible, to reinsert it and have the dots line up. Before you remove your paper from the brailler, it is a good idea to proofread your work. Erasures can be made by rolling the paper out slightly and pushing the dots back into the paper, using the metal foundation of the brailler for support. (Braille erasers can be bought from Vision Australia. Phone: 02 9334 3333) Braillers have the advantages of being fast, making clean dots, and being easy to use. Cells do not have to be inverted as they are with the slate, and it is easy to read your braille as it comes out of the brailler.   list end   Happy brailling! I hope to get to know you all real soon! Nicola