[blindkid] On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by RadicalBraille Advocates (Bookshare)

[Richard Holloway]

Some math would work fairly well with Nemeth code on an electronic display even with just a single line, but you can only produce that on notetakers like the apex with computer Braille on, and the problem with that is computer Braille alters some of the math symbols appearance and causes confusion. 

Humanware did day however, that there is a fix in the works which should show up very shortly. 

Other math simply needs a full page display-- be that paper, or maybe one day, a page of e-Braille...

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On Jul 17, 2013, at 8:43 AM, "Ewell, Jessica V" <JVEwell at nfb.org> wrote:

> It is true that electronic Braille works perfectly well for text; however, for subjects such as math and music theory, there is currently no technology that I am aware of that allows the reader to access diagrams and other graphical material. We still need to look at the whole page to get this information. The opticon is the only technology I've seen that comes close, and one still has to construct the whole figure a little bit at a time. I look forward to the day when, as Richard says, there will be a Braille display of a whole page that can also show raised-line drawings of any digital image or PDF file. 
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> From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:02 PM
> To: Stein, Deborah; 'Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)'
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by RadicalBraille Advocates (Bookshare)
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> Hello:
> 
>     I certainly like the idea of NLS providing braille displays to readers.
> It actually makes sense. If readers have braille displays, there is no need to make paper braille books or magazines. A big issue facing braille producers is that the very old presses used to emboss from plates are wearing out. The presses are actually modified versions of commercial printing presses used years ago. This type of press is no longer in use.
> Replacement parts have to be custom made and the cost of paper and plates makes producing a book expensive. Electronic files don't take shelf space, don't need to be inventoried, don't get lost in the mail or dammaged.
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> Regards,
> 
> Robert
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