[duxuser] Re: A Perkins in Today's Braille Transcription (was Margin Bell)
- From: "Brett Winches" <bwinches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 15:55:32 -0600
How do you do interpoint with a Perkins please?
Thank you!
Brett Winchester KD7JN
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On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:31 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] A Perkins in Today's Braille Transcription (was
Margin Bell)
In many cases, especially for a blind transcriber, a Perkins is actually
easier than a computer. This is because we can "view" the full page all
at once. In complex layouts where certain columnar material has to be
viewed in relation to both the horizontal and vertical views on a page,
there is nothing like a Perkins to lay things out properly. One of the
joys of possessing Optical Braille Recognition software is that I can
draw a complex layout or even a tactile image on a Perkins and, even if
the page has some minor erros, I can run it through OBR and correct it
on the computer.
A few years ago, I had a document with sidebars that absolutely had to
line up next to the material to which they referred. Another time I had
a large practice test in which the print material to which other
students would be referring was in columns that lined up in a particular
way.
Again, it was much easier to render the layout on a Perkins. Math or
Science would be infinitely simpler on a Perkins I think.
The original obvious drawbacks with a Perkins (or other braillewriter)
are that you can't do double-sided pages, and, that if you make a
mistake the page is ruined. Now, using Optical Braille Recognition
software to repair damage and interpoint to produce double-side pages,
Perkins is back in the arsenal of appropriate alternatives to help blind
transcribers particularly to produce complex material. What a relief!
Catherine
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