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From: Isaac.Obie@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Isaac Obie)
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Subject: Re: Braille Translators
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Date: 29 Dec 90 03:15:30 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

hi daveed, i like the versapointquite well, thank you. i was
impressed 6he very first time  ,i ever saw it. gail yarnall
brought j it over at my request and  set it up. it did a print
out of itself. then it did sideways printing. needless to say, i
was quite impressed. i also have the uncany ability to lay my
hands onsomething and say "i want it! or not for me". i've never
been wrong as far as i can remember. now, the scanner we have is
relatively new and it is fussxy about the quality of print. it
has truescan or imaging, bot that is icon-driven. this means
that a blind person sometimes needs assistance, but most of the
time the scanned materials are quite legible. otherwise, the
customer will not be charged. it is ten cents a page if it is
brailled from ibm-compatible diskette and fifteen cents for
scanned materills per braille page. daveed, one other comment
about braille printers. , the versapoint from tsi, the index
advanced, from humanware, and the romeo 40, from enabling
technology are all pricedabout thesame. that's about $3800. the
index advanced has been revamped so you no longer load the paper
from underneath. it also has paper  thickness and width control.
it has both serial and parallel ports. which means you can run
it from either computer. (this is an aside, i have an apple
superserial card that needs a jumper block. can you use it? if
so, you are welcome to it.) so, the advanced is only 28 pounds
asm as opposed to the vp's 39. makes lifting it easier on your
back when you're close to forty or older. so you have quite a
lot to see and choose from! ask gail for a demonstration. call
986:6132 or information in randolph and ask for telesensory
systems inc. how's that for information? catch n you.

 

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