[nabs-l] BrailleNote Apex

Wed Oct 2 18:04:30 UTC 2013

Hi all,

Helga, please correct me if I'm wrong, but here's what I've gotten out
of the situation:

Helga mentioned that she prints things at home, does this mean that
you do not have a dorm room?  Ashley brought up a great point, and I
keep a printer in my dorm/apartment each year to make printing easy,
but if you don't have a dorm room this will obviously not work.

My other question is, by lab did you mean a student-monitored lab or
the ds lab?  I ask because if it is the first it might just mean you
quickly talking to the lab supervisor, which is usually someone in IT
or a professor.  I'm not saying you need to say anything more than the
basics as was implied, but it is true that people don't understand
these technologies we use, so just saying you're visually impaired and
you need to be able to print from your NoteTaker, which is the
equivalent of a computer, should suffice.  If they refuse, you have
grounds to go to your DS office to file a complaint.

Printers should not be hard to come by on a college campus, and this
really isn't a big issue.  Hope you find a printer on campus.

P.S. Have you checked in the library?  Some campuses have labs there
with USB printers that everyone is allowed to use with personal
laptops, so that might work as well.  It might be a resource worth
looking into.  ;

On 10/1/13, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Justin, this is Helga. I just wanted to tell you that I have many issues
> with my Dissability Adviser at my college. I actually think you're right
> Justin, because my DSS office don't really understand how many accessivle
> machines I need in order to be successful in college! And it's very hard to
> explain it to them. Thanks for listening to me. God bless!!     m
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:34 PM, "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I have found that explaining our accessible technology is a waisted
>> effort.
>> Just get the tell them the bear necessities.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
>> Shelton
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 3:02 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] BrailleNote Apex
>>
>> Helga,
>>
>> I would really just ask the DS office personelle if you can use a printer
>> somewhere.  Often the people in the student computer labs don't know what
>> BrailleNotes are and therefore don't understand that just printing off of
>> them is not a big deal.  You can also just ask ther person what kind of
>> printer is there and check to see if it is on the list of accessible
>> printers I posted earlier.
>>
>> As Ryan said, the Ink Jets and some Desk Jets are made for business
>> people
>> who travel and might not have access to printers without them, but I'd be
>> weary of carrying it around all day in a backpack for it to get bumped or
>> broken in some way.  I would really try to find a printer that will hook
>> up
>> to your BrailleNote via USB, Bluetooth, or Infrared connection so you
>> don't
>> have to deal with carrying a printer around.
>>
>>> On 9/30/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Helga,
>>>
>>> I have a version of the braille note below yours. But its mostly the
>>> same for printing.
>>> Yes, there are several compatable printers. Go online to find out the
>>> compatability.
>>> Purchase from a typical store like Best Buy or office store like
>>> Staples or
>>>
>>> Office Depot.
>>>
>>> I think you could probably print from a school printer in your dss
>>> office.
>>> However, if you need a printer, just put it in your dorm. I'm not sure
>>> what
>>>
>>> you mean by portable.
>>> Most small ink jet printers are sort of portable meaning they are
>>> compact and light enough to transport to your dorm. But don't carry it
>>> all day in your backpack!
>>>
>>> Since I generated all work to turn in from my pc, I printed from it to
>>> the printer in my dorm.
>>> So I had no need to print from the Empower.
>>>
>>> I also think that if the school or a professor has a printer with
>>> infared port, and your braille note has the infared port, then that is
>>> a very easy way to print; it requires no wires.
>>>
>>> Ashley
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Helga Schreiber
>>> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 12:10 AM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] BrailleNote Apex
>>>
>>> Hi all, this is helga. I just wanted to ask you, Do some of you use a
>>> BrailleNote Apex for college classes and assignments? If you do, Does
>>> the BrailleNote Apex has a compatible portable printer that I could
>> purchase?
>>> And if it does, do you know which kind of printer, and where could I buy
>> it?
>>>
>>> I will really appreciate it if you could give me some suggestions.
>>> Thanks so
>>>
>>> much and God bless!
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