[nabs-l] Braille Embossers

[David Andrews]

The Romeo was developed before the Juliet by some time, and is 
single-sided embossing.

Dave


>Unfortunately, the Braille Blazer was discontinued by Freedom 
>Scientific, although I still have mine here at home.  I have a Romeo 
>Attache at school and like it.  I also have a friend who uses and 
>loves the Juliet, which comes from the same product line as the 
>Romeo models; I'm just not sure what the difference is between the 
>Romeo and the Juliet.  After all, their namesakes loved each other 
>according to the play named after them, right? * Smiles! Joshua, you 
>are still in college, so can't you ask rehab or your disability 
>service office (I think it's called DBS in Arkansas) to help with 
>funding for you to purchase a Braille embosser? Also, FYI, you can 
>do your own embossing if you buy Duxbury or Megadots and put it on 
>your computer.  If you decide to go with Duxbury and need some help 
>with the keystrokes, just let me know! It is very accessible with JAWS.
>
>Chris
>
>Chris Nusbaum
>Email and Google Talk/Keychat (on the BrailleNote) ID: 
>dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
>Skype: christpher.nusbaum3 or search for Chris Nusbaum
>
>"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
>real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
>exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, 
>blindness can be reduced to a mere physical nuisance."
>-- Kenneth Jernigan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:26:12 -0500
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Embossers
>
>Joshua,
>A small printer will do then.  I'd suggest the braille blazer if its still
>made.  All of the embossers are expensive; although if you do not get
>interpoint embossing, meaning two sided, its less expensive; try the juliet.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joshua Lester
>Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:59 PM
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>Subject: [nabs-l] Braille Embossers
>
>Does anyone know which Braille embossers are preferable?
>I like the Romeo, but it's expensive!
>I need one, so that the instructors can type up the test, and then
>they can put it into Braille, for me.
>I'd teach them how to emboss, but that would be it.
>Thanks, Joshua