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[SusanDoris]

Anybody seen one yet? What I would like to know is where the braile is!   

[jeremyp]

According to The Independent there are "Braille like" dots down the left side and raised lines on the right side. The blind people who have tested them say it's great.

[Anchorman]

We had a look at blanks last year.
Those among us who were skilled braillists had no issues: those of us registered blind for many years mastered them in an instant as well.
However those losing their sight through macular degeneration - in their seventies or later, simply could not deal with them...even after three or more sessions with sighted help.

[SusanDoris]

According to The Independent there are "Braille like" dots down the left side and raised lines on the right side. The blind people who have tested them say it's great.

Thank you. I went to the link. That sounds fairly easy to feel.

Anchorman: I don't think it is the amount of sight someone has which would make a difference, it is the sensitivity of left index finger which reads braille easily after years of practice.

[Anchorman]

Thank you. I went to the link. That sounds fairly easy to feel.

Anchorman: I don't think it is the amount of sight someone has which would make a difference, it is the sensitivity of left index finger which reads braille easily after years of practice.

I think it's a mixture of both, Susan.
To some extent, you and I are both lucky: we've had many years to deal with little or no vision.
I've found that many people who get to their seventies or older and develop macular degeneration simply never learn to use what limited sense of touch age has left them.

[SusanDoris]

I think it's a mixture of both, Susan.
To some extent, you and I are both lucky: we've had many years to deal with little or no vision.
I've found that many people who get to their seventies or older and develop macular degeneration simply never learn to use what limited sense of touch age has left them.

I do so agree. It is such a shame that it seems so many older people with sight loss just assume that life is sort of over instead of looking for the things they can do.

[Anchorman]

I know the age of blind clubs is passing - and in some cases that's no bad thing;
Such well-meaning grups were set up and run by sighted people for "the blind2....how I HATE that "the"!
But we've run a blind club for twenty seven years, with a range of people, from guide dog owners and those who've never had sight, to retinitis pigmenyosa sufferers, and, of course, the majority of elderly MD sufferers.
The thing has been run by blind people, for blind people - and can be chaotic, but it does the job - showing those newly registered that there's more to being blind thansitting like a zombie playijng tactile dominoes.
We have an official T-shirt, Susan;
The front bears the club's name, the back bears the legend
"May contain nuts!".
And, trust me, when you've seen a seventy eight year old lady, two years after being registered blind, walking down a town main street with her long cane - dressed as a monkey complete with headgear and tail - you'll agree with the logo!