Oh ok thank you. I did know what a Pirkins brailler is, but I did not also know it was also called a braille riter so I did not know they were the same thing.
----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Lingard <b.lingard@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: "BrailleNote List" <braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 17:54:30 -0500 Subject: [BNU] O. T. What A Braillewriter Is Ottawa Canada Dear Jessica and List:A Braillewriter is a machine that writes Braille in response to input on its keys. It is essentially a typewriter that makes Braille characters.
In the USA and Canada the most common Braillewriter is the Perkins Brailler made by the Howe Press of the Perkins School for the blind, Watertown,
Massachusetts.Hope this helps. Discussion of Braillewriters is off-topic for the BrailleNote list so if you would like further information please write to me
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