[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.

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     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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