To determine the attitudes of teachers of students who are visually impaired or blind about the use of contracted or uncontracted Braille for emergent readers, the author posted a questionnaire on three electronic listservs from October through December 2002 and received responses from 40 teachers in India, Canada, the West Indies, and the United States. Observations of students at W. Ross MacDonald School for the Blind, Brantford, Ontario, provided more information. Most respondents agree that uncontracted Braille is beneficial in teaching computer keyboarding and early reading skills to emergent readers. The responses indicated a lack of agreement on early immersion in contracted Braille or the need to master contracted Braille to attain long-term academic success. (Contains 1 note.)