[blindlaw] Urgent, Using MultiFunction Photo Copiers, With Touch Screen Interface For Scanning Large Volumes of Material

Mon Mar 11 21:37:27 UTC 2013

Ty,

I understand your position exactly. Buying a system and using a system
which is already in situ are, as discussed, entirely different.

Ger

On 3/11/13, Tai Blas <taiablas at gmail.com> wrote:
> I understand where you are coming from. My employer purchased the add-on for
> other users and I used it on rare occasions to make copies. Were I to
> purchase a system, I would not want to pay extra for additional software to
> make it accessible.
>
> Tai
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard
> Sadlier
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 4:12 PM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Urgent, Using MultiFunction Photo Copiers, With
> Touch Screen Interface For Scanning Large Volumes of Material
>
> Hi William,
>
> I think we may have other makes of copier, in some parts of the office.
>
> To be honest, Xerox's offering seems an extrordinarily bad deal (though I
> accept that TY's experience may have been different).
>
> First you've got to pay a substantial sum for the programme to make it
> accessible. Now I accept assistive technology isn't always free but I hardly
> see the point of paying extra for one product, when another maker has gone
> to the trouble of accessible design - that would allmost create a perverse
> insentive.
> 2. I'm not sure from the blurb that Xerox's software allows me to scan and
> that is essentially what I want to do.
>
> Ger
>
> On 3/11/13, William T. Miller <william_t_miller at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Sorry, I don't remember. You may want to contact Xerox to ask about
>> the machines in your office -- they may have something for the copiers
>> you already have.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gerard Sadlier [mailto:gerard.sadlier at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:04 AM
>> To: Blind Law Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Urgent, Using MultiFunction Photo Copiers,
>> With Touch Screen Interface For Scanning Large Volumes of Material
>>
>> Will
>>
>> What kind of machine was this?
>>
>> Ger
>>
>> On 3/11/13, William T. Miller <william_t_miller at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Alternatively, find out if Xerox has a software program that you can
>>> use
>> to
>>> operate the machine from your local computer. I used to access a
>> touchscreen
>>> multifunction printer / scanner/ copy machine over a network with
>>> software from the vendor that could interface the machine on my
>>> laptop. It required walking back and forth from my computer to the
>>> machine alot but enabled me to access the equipment independently.
>>> Needless to say, the vendor's software will have to be accessible to
>>> your assistive technology for this
>> to
>>> work.
>>> Good luck,
>>> Will
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Tai Blas [mailto:taiablas at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 11:34 AM
>>> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Urgent, Using MultiFunction Photo
>>> Copiers,With
>> Touch
>>> Screen Interface For Scanning Large Volumes of Material
>>>
>>> I'm not sure.
>>>
>>> Tai
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Gerard Sadlier
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:17 AM
>>> To: Blind Law Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Urgent, Using MultiFunction Photo Copiers,
>>> With Touch Screen Interface For Scanning Large Volumes of Material
>>>
>>> Will it do scanning?
>>>
>>> On 3/10/13, Tai Blas <taiablas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Ger and all:
>>>>
>>>> Xerox has software called Copier Assistant which provides blind
>>>> users access to select machines through text-to-speech instructions
>>>> on basic copying tasks. I recommend you get in touch to see if your
>>>> model is compatible with this software. More information can be found
>>>> at:
>>>> http://www.office.xerox.com/software-solutions/xerox-copier-assistan
>>>> t/
>>>> enus.h
>>>> tml
>>>>
>>>> I successfully used this software at my former job. I have pasted an
>>>> overview below:
>>>>
>>>> With Xerox Copier Assistant software, your employees-and the
>>>> public-have easier access to the copying capabilities of Xerox
>>>> copiers and multifunction printers. This assistive technology is an
>>>> alternative to the standard touchscreen. Xerox Copier Assistant
>>>> software helps everyone-especially people who are wheelchair users,
>>>> blind or visually impaired-to easily program copy jobs and make copies.
>>>>> see multimedia demo
>>>> Key Features
>>>> │Improves accessibility to copying features │Enlarged on-screen user
>>>> interface provides an alternative to the standard touchscreen user
>>>> interface │Simplifies copying jobs with easy-to-use, easy-to-program
>>>> features │Embedded text-to-speech software software talks the user
>>>> through the copying steps, including advanced tasks such as
>>>> stapling, collating and two-sided copying as well as indicating when
>>>> doors are left open or if a paper tray is empty (only available in
>>>> English)
>>>>
>>>> Tai
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Gerard Sadlier
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 1:20 PM
>>>> To: BCAB Discussion List
>>>> Cc: blindlaw
>>>> Subject: [blindlaw] Urgent, Using MultiFunction Photo Copiers, With
>>>> Touch Screen Interface For Scanning Large Volumes of Material
>>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> I have a scanner at work but I note that the photocopiers scan a lot
>>>> more quickly and more reliably. Can anyone suggest how I might
>>>> access these machines for scanning?
>>>>
>>>> The issue for me is that they are touch screen interface driven
>>>> machines.
>>>>
>>>> We have Xerox Work Centre Machines.
>>>>
>>>> Help very much wanted.
>>>>
>>>> Ger
>>>>
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