[Electronics-talk] Braille Label Maker

Sun Sep 27 00:05:24 UTC 2015

Wow!  You broke it!  Usually, metal outlasts 
almost anything!  You REALLY do have a hard head <grin>.--Matt.

At 08:00 PM 9/26/2015, you wrote:
>Mine fell and hit me on the head one day.  That 
>was the end of it ever working properly.
>Mamma always said I was hard-headed.
>Vince
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Chao 
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>appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: "Matthew Chao" <mattchao at verizon.net>
>Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 4:55 PM
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Braille Label Maker
>
>
>Hi, Vince.  No, they don't make them like they
>used to.  I had one of those metal-cased Dymo
>tape markers.  While it didn't have a lot of the
>Grade 2 symbols, the braille was precise and
>sharp.  If I wanted more precision in terms of
>the tape length, I'd roll the wheel back one
>space and it would be close.  Eventually, though,
>the rollers went bad and the tape would start to
>slip, so i had to throw it away.  Ah, for the
>days when they made 'em to last.--Matthew Chao
>
>At 07:34 PM 9/26/2015, you wrote:
>>Matthew:
>>Honestly, I was a little stunned by the price 
>>when I heard it.  I knew it would be a few more 
>>pennies, somewhere in the $200 neighborhood.
>>I should have asked about the pins that are 
>>used to produce the braille. Wonder if they are 
>>cheap plastic or what I call, metalastic.  That 
>>stuff that feels like metal but is nothing but 
>>plastic.  Like toys trucks and cars are made of these days.
>>But I think, if they are made of "metalastic," 
>>that would last longer than regular cheap plastic.
>>I wish APH would bring back the old braille 
>>labelers which were made of metal.  I don't 
>>know if you've seen them.  They were 
>>heavy-duty, the case was made of metal--real 
>>metal--and so were the pins.  The calibration was better too.
>>I find with these cheap plastic labelers you 
>>get from Maxiaid and Blind Mice Mega Mall, have 
>>more trouble with the label advance and spaces between some of the dots.
>>I have one that places dots to close to each 
>>other.  Every time I braille dot 1 after the 
>>number sign, it almost looks like a capped 
>>p.  The numbers 130 and 132 are hard to 
>>differentiate on first glance.  and no matter 
>>how hard you squeeze the handle, the pins won't 
>>make the dot sharp enough, or not at all.
>>So I just might order one just to see what it 
>>looks like.  And if it turns out to be okay, 
>>then I'll go and do some car washes to raise 
>>the funds for it.  No.  I'll pass the wish onto 
>>the fat guy.  Maybe he'll put it in my 
>>Christmas sock.  I don't wear stockings 
>>anymore.  I gave that up after they took twinkies off store shelves.  [smiles]
>>Vince
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew 
>>Chao via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and 
>>appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Cc: "Matthew Chao" <mattchao at verizon.net>
>>Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 12:57 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Braille Label Maker
>>
>>
>>Sure, if you have expendable/discretionary
>>income.  I'll stay with the inexpensive Dymo tape labeler.--Matthew Chao
>>
>>At 03:45 PM 9/26/2015, you wrote:
>>>Nice and cheap!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of cheez via Electronics-talk
>>>Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 8:57 AM
>>>To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
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>>>Cc: cheez <cheez at cox.net>
>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Braille Label Maker
>>>
>>>In case any of you were curious, this braille labeler cost $600.
>>>
>>>Vince
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
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>>>Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 1:26 PM
>>>Subject: [Electronics-talk] Braille Label Maker
>>>
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