Slowly but surely I am learning braille at work.
I pretty much know all the letters, so I proofread fairly well. I still
have to get the cheat sheet book out for words with certain combinations
of letters in them. For instance, my name Cheri is a three letter word in
braille. That's what the dots say. I picked up the braille font over at
Duxbury Systems.
Since I proofread more often than I actually read, I've noticed that it
is much more difficult for me to cold read the braille.
I can pick out the letters one by one, but my brain doesn't put them together
to form a word... it's just letters. I really have to think and do
conscious spelling in order to read the stuff. Oh, well, I'll get it eventually.
Fiasco II, the new computer has been doing well, I suppose.
Due to all the problems I've experienced with him and his predecessor
in the past, I don't trust him at all. I feel like I have to tip-toe
around him, coddle him to make sure he keeps working.
The coddling is probably not necessary at this point. But it takes time
to earn back trust.
