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From: dgl292@pallas.athenanet.com (Doug Lee)
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Subject: Re: For what it is worth
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Date: 28 Nov 90 16:48:47 GMT
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I had a good friend in the fifth and sixth grades (I wish I knew where he
was now) who taught me the alphabet and some punctuation marks by drawing
raised lines on a braille paper with a pen.  Of course, they DO come out on
the back and, therefore, upside down; but you only have to work that problem
out once.  He drew them so they came out correctly on the other side of the
page, and the lines were cleaner than anything I've seen done since with a
drawing kit.  This was VERY helpful for me; I could see for the first 18
months of my life, but I don't remember sight at all.  When Optacon training
started, I had quite a head start!

Doug Lee  (dgl292@athenanet.com or uunet!pallas!dgl292)
(NOTE: that's "DGL" in lower case--there's no #1)