To begin with, I turn back time. I reverse it to that quaint period, the thirties, when the huge middle class of America was matriculating in a school for the blind. Their eyes had failed them, or they had failed their eyes, and so they were having their fingers pressed forcibly down on the fiery Braille alphabet of a dissolving economy.
Quotes about braille (11 Quotes)
Effective use of Braille is as important to the blind as independent mobility, knowledge in the use of adaptive technology, and the core belief that equality, opportunity and security are truly possible for all people who are blind.
About 20 to 30 years ago, you exclusively got exposure from the radio, ... These are some pretty interesting times to be around. I was very close friends with Ray Charles. We had a common love of technology in making records, and compared notes on how it was done. I wanted to be involved as a blind person, with Braille and synthetic speech. You do what your heart tells you to do.
There is a wonder in reading Braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and have them touch you back.
Government barriers on Business For example, the Endangered Species Act prevents 'disturbing the habitat' of the spotted owl. That has restricted 4.2 million acres of forest from development, leading to the loss of 30,000 lumber-related jobs and the annual loss of 1.1 billion board feet of lumber. This has driven up the cost of houses by at least 4,000 each. In addition, regulators ordered a Kansas City bank to install a Braille keypad on its drive-through automatic teller machine, presumably to aid any blind drivers. The list goes on and on.
Ray Charles is a giant. He was one of my mentors. He would write arrangements in Braille, and translate it to me. At 14 and 16 we used to sit in Seattle on those rainy days and dream about what would happen.
We have developed overlays for the keys of the cash registers with the help of the Braille Institute, so that blind crew members can take orders and help our guests.
In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note.
Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind.
Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.