From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net ([207.108.112.1]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16QFPA-000256-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:16:36 -0500 Received: (qmail 5436 invoked by uid 50); 14 Jan 2002 22:16:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 5406 invoked by uid 0); 14 Jan 2002 22:16:37 -0000 Received: from tcsndslgw4poola158.tcsn.uswest.net (HELO lightstar) (63.227.85.158) by tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net with SMTP; 14 Jan 2002 22:16:37 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jason To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: anti-word Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:18:32 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020114120521.024e4910@198.144.194.210> <20020114142734.E414@uic.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020114142734.E414@uic.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <02011415183200.05800@lightstar> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: this is OT, but actually, having tried to learn braille by sight, I found that it was a lot less confusing by touch; for example: by sight the "e" and "i" symbols look the same (to me) but feel nothing alike. now you ask why I wanted to teach myself braille huh? > A sighted person can read braille with their eyes too, maybe better then > some of us with our hands. So, why aren't they all learning it if they can > use it too and thus make our lives easier to some degree? Greg