I think you have a very valid point David,however, such labels do exist,and if somebody is prepared to put some hard work into assisting blind people with using these labels,then I think it is good for us to offer our support to such an individual.The young man devising the labels is still a college student,and working towards his A Levels. > On 17 Feb 2015, at 23:28, David Griffith <daj.griffith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Just a comment that sighted help may not be necessary to tell if a label is > printed as long as people have access to OCR and a scanner. > > What I do when I print out addresses is put them under my scanner. If the > scanner picks up the address I am confident it has printed out OK. > I am sure your Brother's application will be useful for some but to be honest > when I print I also just include a top line on the label in bold Articles for > the Blind if it is going to my sister and this has always worked. In fact > when she sends stuff to me she just gets her husband to write Article s for > the Blind with a Biro on the envelope and or package and this has also always > worked over the last 15 years or so that we have been doing this. > > I do not believe an official RNIB label is necessary for the service. > > David Griffith >> On 17/02/2015 16:29, Mobeen Iqbal wrote: >> Hello Everyone. >> >> Over the last few weeks, my brother has been developing an application which >> should allow people to print on articles for the blind labels without any >> sighted help. We are at the stage where we need testers for the application. >> Because the RNIB labels are the same size as a 6 by 4 photograph, you'll >> need to ensure that your printer prints on photo paper which could be listed >> as 4 by 6, 10 by 15 CM in your printer's paper options. we've noticed that >> some laser printers have this option and some don't. similarly, most inkjet >> printers allow you to print on photopaper so this should not pose a problem >> for the majority of people. sighted help on hand may also be necessary to >> ensure that your address has been printed if you do not have enough sight to >> make out the print on the label. If you are interested in testing the >> application in its alpha stage, please send a blank email message to: >> >> vi-tech-testers+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> testing will commence in the next few days. >> >> Thanks for reading, >> >> Mo. >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq