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From: SIMMONSFD@VAX1.COMPUTER-CENTRE.BIRMINGHAM.AC.UK (Frank Simmons)
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Subject: networked braille embosser
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We have purchased a braille embosser and intend to connect it to our
campus computer network so that anyone on campus can send output to it.
What I have not solved so far, is how to identify the banner page that
includes the UID of the sender. Sighted people will be operating the
embosser and they have to be able to tell who the sender is. If the
UID has been embossed and/or encrypted via a braille table, then how
can we identify the output?

Frank Simmons                         Electronic Mail:
Visiting Computing Officer
Academic Computing Service
University of Birmingham              vax1.bham.ac.uk
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Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom                        Phone: 021-414-4749