Ian, I was told by a teacher who proofread Ian Brady's braille that his braille transcription was terrible, and few, if any, of his books were passed as fit to read.
Trish.----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 2:06 PM Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Thermoform (plastic) books.I remember Braille Magazines being produced by that method where the plastic dots appeared to be spraed on to the paper. And much fun could indeed be had by strategically removing particular dots. I always thought, on the other hand, that thermoform was a ridiculously inefficient way of producing Braille. Massively labour intensive, very slow, terrible in green terms and terrifically bulky once bound. Thinking of it did make me remember, however, that Ian bradey had learned Braille in order to be able to produce books for us.
On 5 Jul 2013, at 12:09, David Russell wrote:
Were those the pages where you could scrape off dots and change the words? Not that I would do such a thing of course. -----Original Message-----From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Trish Talbot Sent: 05 July 2013 11:46 To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Thermoform (plastic) books. Yes, the plastic we were talking about pre-dated thermoform, and if you thought thermoform got sticky, it was nothing compared to this stuff. I seem to remember that it tore easily too, so many of the books had pages missing or badly ripped. Trish. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 9:10 AM Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Thermoform (plastic) books. the plastic pages Trish and I were talking about were not thermoform. It was double sided Braille, very sharp dots on what seemed like plastic. On 4 Jul 2013, at 23:51, Elaine Harris (Rivendell) wrote:Be grateful, Oh my children! The Vision Australia library still retains some of its thermoform books here in this back-water, upside-down land! Hideous, I agree! Have a splendid Friday! Elaine----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3204/6465 - Release Date: 07/04/13
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