I have also found that using an 80 character display is ore productive.
it seems that the more you can get within the grasp of your fingertips
at a time, the better it is. It does take some effort though if you are
used to doing things with speech. When I first started ut in dos, I
started with braille. I hated going to speech but was forced to it by
circumstanc. It's even better when yu use the display for navigation in
real time in addition to reading I can read a line and snap right to
something that needs fixing without having to fiddle with keys to do it.
I can do other things while working on the computer with braille but not
with speech so that makes me more productive. I have been reading
braille since 1956.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tommy Craig" <tecraig@earthlink.net>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out
Hi Luke,
I certainly didn't intend to offend anyone either. I do believe that
statistically though I am on safe ground. One statistic is that 80% of
blind
people are unemployed and that 80% of the ones who are employed are
Braille
users. I based my statements on my experience and on the people I have
worked with and trained throughout the years. Of course there are
exceptions
to every rule. I also believe that there is a huge difference in the
Braille
display you are using. For example, using an eighty character display is
much more productive than using a 20 or 40 cell display.
Tommy
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