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Likely Jan Lukas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://prettyaweso.me/@chunshek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chunshek</span></a></span> </p><p>Welcome! And yay, Dvorak! 🙂</p><p>Alas, I found learning it messed too much with my QUERTY and given various standardised key-commands needed in my then-workplace, I gave up on it.</p><p>I've had better success with learning keyboards that work entirely differently than two-hands, all fingers in: I love <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a> and am also pretty decent with the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TAP</span></a> one-handed keyboard.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/chording" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chording</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/chordedKeyboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chordedKeyboards</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>braille</span></a></p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>I won't lie, affixing the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Dymotape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dymotape</span></a> lanels was tedious. I needed a sharp utility knife to get the backing off the adhesive side, and a pair of tweezers to hold the bare label firmly as I pulled the backing off the rest.</p><p>It all came off cleanly each time, but it required a lot more force to get the backing out of the depressions made by <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/labelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labelling</span></a></p><p>30/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>The brailling went well. It was easy to setup the Dymo tape in my slate and also easy to braille on the plastic material.</p><p>It was a bit harder than brailling on paper, but not by much.</p><p>And I only goofed up on two words! 🙂</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Dymo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dymo</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/labels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labels</span></a></p><p>27/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>For example, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ContractedBraille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContractedBraille</span></a> would let me use the character "p" as a stand-alone that means "people." </p><p>Or a special character that means the entire word "the", "and", or "for."</p><p>There are many, many others! 🙂</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a></p><p>21/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>Apologies is the word <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/transliteration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transliteration</span></a> isn't quite right to describe what I was doing.</p><p>It had been ages since I <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailled</span></a> by hand (I've been practising on a classic <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PerkinsBrailler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerkinsBrailler</span></a> but it can't manage Dymo tape, lol!) </p><p>So I wanted to make certain I had each character correct in advance of making the labels.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a></p><p>18/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>A brief caveat--despite having poor and declining vision that *does* interfere with my daily activities, I am NOT legally Blind nor am I considered Low Vision. </p><p>Presently, I have no Blind people close to me. </p><p>If I make any egregous errors in my claims about Braille, please feel free to correct me.</p><p>I am enthusastic about Braille but also very much a beginner in the art of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LowVision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowVision</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VisuallyImpaired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisuallyImpaired</span></a></p><p>14/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>The story doesn't end here, of course.</p><p>Because unlike <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/typesetters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typesetters</span></a> and other <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/designers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designers</span></a> who have a plethora of typefaces and sizes to choose from--including the choice to make them thin and such low-contrast as to be unreadable--Braille comes in just two sizes, and the bigger is only really used for labels on signage.</p><p>Here's an overview of the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/specifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>specifications</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://www.brailleauthority.org/size-and-spacing-braille-characters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brailleauthority.org/size-and-</span><span class="invisible">spacing-braille-characters</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/readability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readability</span></a></p><p>13/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>For my needs, using a Braille slate to make Braille labels worked just fine. 🙂</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BrailleSlate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrailleSlate</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a></p><p>12/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>But I DO have a Braille slate. A few of them, in fact. And at least one of them is designed for this very problem!</p><p>Welcome to the awesome <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> choice to include slots for labelling tape, allowing folks easy-access to Braille labels without specialised equipment.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BrailleSlate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrailleSlate</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/labels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labels</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p><p>11/x</p>
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