Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!tymix!tardis!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!90!Gary.Petraccaro From: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Petraccaro) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Braille Transcription Poletics Message-ID: <15909@handicap.news> Date: 30 May 91 20:35:53 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.isc-br.com Reply-To: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/90 - Post Road Inn, Greensburg PA Lines: 21 Approved: wtm@bunker.hcap.fidonet.org Index Number: 15909 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] -> In a message to Mary Otten <05-14-91 22:57> Susan Goldfield wrote: -> -> SG> Mary, you have an excellent point in reference to the -> SG> advantages of using braille. I can't mention any names, but -> SG> I know someone who is in high school and can't spell. Fyi, I'm hearing stories just like yours about sighted students. This one can't be laid solely at braille's doorstep. In partial agreement with you as far as the value of braille and being able to spell, even so. The reason I say partial has to do with braille's use of contractions which I feel may also contribute to not being able to spell. Braille has several words which can be represented by only a couple letters. You can forget how to spell those. Well, I can . -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!90!Gary.Petraccaro Internet: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org