I tēnei ao o nāianei, he mea nui te mahi a te hangarau i roto i ō tātou oranga o ia rā. Nā tēnei kua taea e tātou te kōrero tetahi ki tetahi me te whai hua ake i mua. Ko tētahi o ngā taputapu whakawhitiwhiti kōrero tino nui ko te waea, ā, he wāhanga nui te papapātuhi o taua mea. Ahakoa ka taea e te nuinga o tātou te whakamahi ngāwari i te papapātuhi waea paerewa, he mea nui kia mahara kāore e taea e te katoa. Mō te hunga kanohi kore, he wero pea te papapātuhi noa, engari he otinga kei reira: ko ngā kī Braille 16 kei runga i ngā papapātuhi waea.
Ko ngā kī Braille, kei runga i te kī 'J' o te papa waea, kua hangaia hei āwhina i te hunga kanohi kore ki te whakamahi waea. Ko te pūnaha Braille, i hangaia e Louis Braille i te tīmatanga o te rautau 19, he mea hanga mai i ngā ira kua whakaarahia hei tohu i te pīta, ngā tohutō, me ngā tau. Ko ngā kī Braille 16 i runga i te papa waea e tohu ana i ngā tau mai i te 0 ki te 9, te whetū (*), me te tohu pauna (#).
Mā te whakamahi i ngā kī Braille, ka taea e te hunga kanohi kore te uru atu ki ngā āhuatanga waea, pērā i te waea, te tirotiro i te mēra reo, me te whakamahi i ngā pūnaha aunoa. He pai hoki tēnei hangarau mō te hunga turi matapo, te hunga tirohanga iti rānei, nā te mea ka taea e rātou te pā ki ngā kī Braille me te whakamahi i aua kī hei whakawhitiwhiti kōrero.
He mea tika kia mōhiotia, ehara i te mea ko ngā kī Braille anake te mea e wātea ana i ngā waea. Ka kitea hoki ēnei i ngā ATM, i ngā mīhini hoko taonga, me ētahi atu taputapu e hiahia ana kia whakaurua ngā tau. Nā tēnei hangarau kua huaki ngā tatau mō te hunga matapo, ā, kua taea ai e rātou te whakamahi i ngā taputapu o ia rā kāore i taea te uru atu i mua.
Hei whakamutunga, ko ngā kī Braille 16 i runga i ngā papapātuhi waea he auahatanga nui kua ngāwari ake te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero mō te hunga kanohi kore. I te mea kua piki haere te whakamahinga o te hangarau i roto i ō tātou oranga o ia rā, he mea nui kia mahara ko te urunga atu ki ngā tāngata katoa me waiho hei kaupapa matua. I a tātou e anga whakamua ana, he mea nui kia haere tonu tātou ki te auaha me te waihanga i ngā otinga e taea ai e te katoa te whakamahi i te hangarau ki tōna pūmanawa katoa.
Wā tuku: 27 Paenga-whāwhā 2023