[accessibleimage] Re: Emprint from Viewplus

I've just read a collection of very positive responses to this note and thank all of you on behalf of ViewPlus. I will confirm that Emprint is indeed a Tiger embosser that prints using HP color ink jet technology. It is the culmination of several years development at ViewPlus, and we are very proud of it. Alpha models have been demonstrated at several major shows including CSUN 2005 and Sight Village 2005, so lots of people have already seen it. It prints high quality color and also embosses just like any other Tiger technology embosser, so it is pretty much all things to all people. It works with pretty much any cut sheet paper of size 8.5x11 or A4 or in fact up to about 16 inches long by approx 8.5 inches wide. If desired, the user can choose to just print ink or just emboss instead of doing both.

The Emprint is still in early beta test. We'll be happy if it is ready to ship by early 2006. But it is certainly not vaporware - hundreds of people have seen it working.

Ike Presley thought the price was a bit steep. Depends on your perspective I guess. It's the only haptic color embosser technology anywhere in sight, but the price will be half of the price of the ViewPlus Pro Ink or anything else that can both emboss and print just in black ink. We are actually quite proud that the price is so low.

John



At 12:13 AM 10/12/2005, Lisa Yayla wrote:

Hi,
Just saw this. Viewplus is coming out with a new embosser combined with
color printing. Looks very exciting
Link http://www.viewplus.com/products/braille-embossers/emprint/

From the picture it looks like a personal embosser. Anyone know?

Haptic Color Braille Printer By ViewPlus®

Emprint? combines HP color Inkjet printing and Tiger®: the world's most
advanced paper embossing technology.

Printed documents appear visually-identical to those from HP Inkjet
printers. Emprint? also impacts the paper so printed features are raised
for touch.

Emboss Haptic Color images and diagrams
Print raised text and math characters
Translate and print Braille
Add more impact to all your documents


Emprint? literally adds another dimension to your printed documents, using
the same paper and ink cartridges as does an HP Inkjet printer.

Make your own Haptic Color prints from any Windows 2000/XP file that
prints on an HP Inkjet printer.

Haptic Color Printing - It's a memorable experience
Studies in neurophysiology tell us that physical experience creates
especially strong neural pathways in the brain. Beyond vision alone, using
the haptic (touch) sensory modality engages the two hemispheres of the
brain simultaneously - assuring we retain information in long-term memory.

The haptic modality is the most active and interactive of all the senses,
and unlike the visual or auditory modalities, it is bi-directional.
Everyone learns better through haptic interaction with materials.

People with learning disabilities are often limited to a single learning
style and have great difficulty processing new concepts without
tactile/kinesthetic activities. In certain cases, children cannot learn to
count without touching the objects they are counting. Blind people also
need haptic prints to have any access to graphic information at all.

Printing with Haptic Color assures that everyone can make use of the
materials you create.

There are three learning styles: 1) visual, 2 )auditory, and 3)
tactile/kinesthetic
1) The tactile/kinesthetic is driven by unparalleled Tiger® embossing
2) Add photo-quality HP Inkjet printing to Emprint? for the visual
3) Place your Haptic Color prints on the IVEO? Touchpad to add auditory
feedback

With Emprint? and IVEO? anyone can read and excel - regardless of learning
style.



Lisa Yayla
Huseby Kompetansesenter
Oslo Norway
lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx


John A. Gardner
Professor and Director, Science Access Project
Department of Physics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
tel: (541) 737 3278
FAX: (541) 737 1683
        SAP URL: http://dots.physics.orst.edu/


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