Finished

I am done with my braille for now. I got an A in the course. It was braille 3, which is un-contracted braille. That means I can now read braille letter by letter. I also know how to read symbols now. Now I can also write letters to the people that know braille. I am done with braille 1, 2, and now I just have to wait for braille 4.
So braille 1 was tactile readiness. It got me use to how to read braille. It was only six lessons and did not take me very long to get done.
Next was braille 2, that was all about the braille alphabet. I already knew this, but took it anyway. It was a good refresher. I was taught the alphabet by a blind woman and it was actually easy. I was unsure about that at first, but it was good learning it from someone who was blind.
Finally I did braille 3 which is grade 1 or un-contracted braille. Like I said earlier it is reading braille letter for letter. This is not that bad for me because I have a very good memory.
Yes learning braille is like learning a whole new language, but like I said I have a good memory. I can remember what dots are in letters, numbers, and symbols. The letter and number thing actually is not that bad. The first ten letters of the alphabet are the same as numbers 1-0, just have to remember to put the symbol for number in front.
Well I am going to go for now. Later.

A Tale of Two Braillers

So on Monday, I returned a brailler. I was borrowing one from the local blind association. It was nice that I could borrow it. I was able to get a sense of how the new one worked. That is definitly not what I was going for, but it was a nice bonus. The driver came Monday and picked up the other one. Now I only have mine to deal with and not two of them. Not that they are huge, but it was annoying. They are heavy little suckers though. I am happy though, I no longer have to worry about the one I was borrowing. Thank goodness. I hate being responsible for others things. Now I am not and that makes me happy. I will write more next week. Later.

Brailler and Long Time No Write

Ok so I have not done anything with this for awhile. I have been busy. I just have been doing things and waiting for my good news.

I have been doing a correspondant course in braille. It has been tough, but I am doing it. I only have one more assignment to do in braille 3. I then have to wait till next year to go on to braille 4. There is a change in the braille I am learning and what they are changing to. Things are going to UEB, which is Unified English Braille. There are not a lot of changes, but enough. Arg. I am doing well in it. It is tough, but I am doing it. I decided that I should learn it since I am blind. I know that I heavily rely on my technology, but with the braille I will be able to do things without the technology.

So my good news is I have a brailler. A brailler is a braille typewriter. Each of the keys I use correspond to a different dot in the braille cell. I do so well with it because I have a good memory. I am learning a whole new language though. I am going to go for now, but I will write more often now.