In the foot steps of Hear Again and typeing...

[typeingtornado19]

Do you ever find yourself writing braille shortcuts (when you're not using a Perkins, e.g. on a QWERTY keyboard)? E.g. accidentally writing "cd" for "could"?

all the time, sometimes i wish a keyboard had an st button.

 

[Nika]

all the time, sometimes i wish a keyboard had an st button.

<laugh> Same! "Where's the ch button?"

 

[typeingtornado19]

<laugh> Same! "Where's the ch button?"

exactly.

 

[typeingtornado19]

Favorite book?

 

[Nika]

We're starting to ask the same questions again. <laugh> (I already answered but in case you don't want to look back -- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and The Chosen by Chaim Potok.)

 

[typeingtornado19]

We're starting to ask the same questions again. <laugh> (I already answered but in case you don't want to look back -- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and The Chosen by Chaim Potok.)

Sorry. Whoopie
Do you like bt or qt keyboards?

 

[Nika]

Bt? Qt?

 

[typeingtornado19]

Bt? Qt?

bt has the keys set up like a perkins, qt is like a computer keyboard.

 

[Nika]

Oh. Definitely QT. You?

 

[typeingtornado19]

Oh. Definitely QT. You?

Bt. The qt's keys are too close togeather.

 

[Nika]

I'm just more used to QT and have a much faster typing speed on QT.

 

[typeingtornado19]

I'm just more used to QT and have a much faster typing speed on QT.

yeah. What is your favorite thing about computers?

 

[Nika]

yeah. What is your favorite thing about computers?

They allow me to access things I never could without them, e.g. the newspaper. You?

 

[typeingtornado19]

They allow me to access things I never could without them, e.g. the newspaper. You?

I get to talk to several people, for some of my friends this is the only way we talk.

 

[Nika]

I get to talk to several people, for some of my friends this is the only way we talk.

Same here. All my friends are online.

 

[typeingtornado19]

Favorite and least favorite thing about braille?

 

[Nika]

Favorite: the shorcuts.
Least favorite: the fact it takes up so much space.

How about you?

 

[typeingtornado19]

Favorite: the shorcuts.
Least favorite: the fact it takes up so much space.

How about you?

favorite: Dosent hurt my eyes

Least favorite: I am slow at it.

 

[Nika]

Oh yeah that too!

 

[typeingtornado19]

Do you use a CCTV?