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Braille
Class
 
The VIP Center offers Braille Classes that help
adults and their families adjust and cope with vision loss.
Classes at the VIP Center
would include Braille I and Braille II. The VIP Client would
learn to Braille tag various personal items. These items
would include: Clothing, Food, medical prescriptions, etc.
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Exciting Braille
technology
includes the Braille Lite. The VIP Center offers
training on The Braille Lite. The Braille Lite is an
efficient portable miniature PC, used as a Note Taker for the visually impaired
person. Included in this training, the VIP Client would learn
how to create documents, manage their personal diary and
address book, use WinDisk software to transfer files to and
from their PC, learn and use the Compact Flash storage, and
send documents to the printer, or Braille embosser. Clients
would also learn how to use and navigate the Internet, play
games, use email.
At the VIP
Center, Clients can train on the
Perkins Brailler. The Perkins Brailler is a simple machine used to
write Braille.
The Perkins Brailler is a "Braille
typewriter" with a key corresponding to each
of the six dots of the Braille code. By
simultaneously pressing different
combinations of the six keys, users can
create any of the characters in the Braille
code. In addition to these six keys, the
Perkins Brailler has a space key, a
backspace key, and a line space key. Like a
manual typewriter, it has two side knobs to
advance paper through the machine and a
carriage return lever above the keys. The
rollers that hold and advance the paper have
grooves designed to avoid crushing the
raised dots the Brailler creates. Clients
learn how to type Braille using the Perkins
Brailler.
Training is also offered on the
Slate & Stylist. This
devices include slates and frames where each dot is embossed
downwards by a stylus. Some Braille slates are part of a
frame such that a two-line slate can be stepped down a page
to give a whole page of Braille. Plastic slates are lighter
than metal ones but the hinges tend to have a lower life
expectancy. Frames without hinges only work with a fixed
size of paper, but are very popular as a pocket note-taking
device. The design of the handle of the stylus significantly
affects the ease of use, but the larger handles are less
convenient to carry in the pocket.
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On site at the VIP Center,
Duxbury Braille Translator - Braille Printer The Duxbury
Braille Translator allows the client to take a document from a
Microsoft Word file and translate it into a printed Braille
document. Clients will be instructed on the commands necessary to
convert their printed document into Braille text using a Romeo
Braille Printer.
Our office is located in North Fort Myers, Florida at 35
West Mariana Avenue. Our phone number is (239) 997-7797
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Assistance with Transportation
is available. Please contact us for
further information on how we can help you!
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