[accessibleimage] Re: Emprint from Viewplus

I apologize John. I confused this with the ink printer add on for the
Tiger which I do think is a bit high priced but this unit sounds very
interesting and I can't wait to see it in production.

Ike Presley, Chair
AER Division  5 - Information and Technology 

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Subject: [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(r)
>
>Emprint(tm) combines HP color Inkjet printing and Tiger(r): the world's
most
>advanced paper embossing technology.
>
>Printed documents appear visually-identical to those from HP Inkjet
>printers. Emprint(tm) 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(tm) 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(r) embossing
>2) Add photo-quality HP Inkjet printing to Emprint(tm) for the visual
>3) Place your Haptic Color prints on the IVEO(tm) Touchpad to add
auditory
>feedback
>
>With Emprint(tm) and IVEO(tm) 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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