[accessibleimage] Re: ViewPlus Introduces Emprint

Thanks Robin,

I will keep everyone posted on this new adventure.


Lisa Hall, President
National Association of Blind Office Professionals (NABOP)

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Phone: (210) 829-4571

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-----Original Message-----
From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles, Robin
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:41 AM
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: ViewPlus Introduces Emprint

I agree with Will about the benefits for Braille users with residual vision,
but ....
Viewplus really needs to work on the embossed braille quality! Students of
different skill levels have a very difficult time trying to read it. It
slows them down.
 
And... Congratulations Lisa on your new job! You have come a long, long way.
 
Robin

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From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Kaizen Program
Sent: Wed 5/17/2006 9:46 PM
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: ViewPlus Introduces Emprint



I think that it is really great to have tactile graphic images and print
color images on the same page. It definitely increases the possibilities for
collaboration between blind and sighted viewers, and it is definitely of
benefit to those people who have enough residual vision to see the images
while feeling them.

However, since the embossed braille quality is not the best for braille
users, it means that
people who need to produce texts of any significant length along with the
tactile graphic images will need to have  an additional embosser for that
purpose. And, that could be a bit expensive!

I certainly hope that in the future the quality of braille produced by the
ViewPlus will be improved enough so that braille users will find it more
comfortable to read. And, I also hope that the price can come down, so that
it can become more practical for more individuals and small organizations to
purchase and less expensive to produce materials with this duel
presentation.

I am hoping for these things because I think that it could help to make
braille materials more interesting, and make more kinds of texts fully
accessible by touch, and maybe motivate more children and adults to use
braille as a literacy tool.

Best,

Sylvie

Sylvie Kashdan, M.A.
Instructor/Curriculum Coordinator
KAIZEN PROGRAM for New English Learners with Visual Limitations
810-A Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, WA  98144, U.S.A.
phone:  (206) 784-5619
email:  kaizen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
web:  http://www.nwlincs.org/kaizen/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Blackburn, Alan" <Alan.Blackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: ViewPlus Introduces Emprint


G'day all,
Remember also that not all blind people are totally blind. I could see a
great advantage for anyone with residual or deteriorating vision in
having both touch and sight cues from a tactile image.
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Comden
Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2006 5:05 AM
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: ViewPlus Introduces Emprint


I was able to view a protoype of this technology at the conference in
Birmingham last December.

Being able to easily combine print images and tactile output in a single

document will significantly increase the collaboration possibilities
between blind and sighted people. It's not that the Braille is colored
--
it's the graphics that can be integrated with the Braille that's a cool
idea, along with the variable height capability of the ViewPlus
products.

-*- Dan Comden                   danc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
     Access Technology Lab
http://www.washington.edu/computing/atl/
     University of Washington

On Wed, 17 May 2006, Ike Presley wrote:

> I think the idea is that you can get print and braille on the same
page
> and that it can display graphics in color. I don't think they intend
for
> it to print braille in color. I could be wrong, but that was the
> impression I got when I saw it at CSUN a couple of months ago.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of JOHN
PANARESE
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:44 PM
> To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: ViewPlus Introduces Emprint
>
>      I'm sorry folks, but this is something I simply do not get from
> a blind person's perspective.  Color Braille.  I know that the point
> can be made from the standpoint of educators, but based on the
> overall quality of
> Braille I have experienced from the variety of embossers, I'd
> always    have and will recommend the Index or Enabling product lines
> for Braille production.
>
> Take Care
>

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