[nabs-l] Embosser Help

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

Thanks to these who responded to me, both on and off-list. In meeting further today  with DSS and taking a closer look at a paper, I have found some more information regarding the embosser.  They are using a  VP Max embosser with tiger software. They are also using landscape as opposed to portrait, although I've only  heard of these terms in regards to the phone so don't know what this means.
I am just barely able to read the first letter of a line, so this isn't too much of an issue. As of right now, the main issues are:
1. All words showing up in grade 1, never in grade 2.
2. Some math symbols, such as the degrees symbol, appear as just a mix of letters and numbers.
3. Tables  are very small, and it is difficult to read the Braille which is squished onto the page.
4. In regards to the paper that is being used, I had in the past always been given sheets with the holes on the left when reading properly.  These sheets have the holes going along the bottom. When I mentioned this to my DSS coordinator she said that that is the only way she can put in paper so that it continuously prints out pages.
If anyone has worked with  this type of embosser or has any suggesttions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Vejas     

> On Apr 20, 2017, at 12:30, Sandra Gayer via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello  Vejas,
> Without knowing the make and model of your embosser, it's hard to give
> you the exact help you need. However, the left edge problem can be
> solved by asking the person embossing for you to change the settings
> to include a one character indent in the lefthand margin. The person
> could, alternatively, try seeing if there have been margins set. Also,
> how wide is the paper in relation to the characters per line and lines
> per page. These are crucial settings to take into account because
> embossers will economise if there are too many lines or characters
> specified. For example, if the page can cope with up to 28 lines at
> the outside and there is an instruction for 28 or even 29, space at
> the top of the page will disappear altogether. It's the same
> forcharacters per line. Ask the person to look at the default settings
> and experiment with reducing the numbers.
> 
> Again, without knowing which embosser you have andwhich software is
> being used to operate it, I cannot tell you where to find these
> settings but I hope some of this will prove useful to you and your
> school team.
> Very best wishes,
> Sandra.
> 
> 
>> On 4/20/17, Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I go to a relatively small school and while there have been several blind
>> students, I am the first totally blind one.
>> My Disability Services recently decided to purchase an embosser, for me and
>> for any future blind students.  They received training  in it but the  DSS
>> coordinator said that they were not very helpful.
>> Today I tested a math worksheet and have found there to be 2 issues with the
>> embosser. Firstly, there is Braille at the very very left edge of the paper,
>> making it harder to read. Also, any words within the worksheet were all
>> written in grade 1. Does anyone know what can be done to change the
>> embosser's settings?
>> Thanks,
>> Vejas
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