[Ohio-talk] Questionnaire for Braille labeler users

Thu Oct 23 18:54:46 UTC 2008

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I do not use my 3m Labeler because it is too hard to squeeze the handles. It takes too long to line up the letters. 
I use the labeler that can be purchased for a Perkins Brailler. It is quick and easy to use. 
I have only light perception and am 56. I have been blind since I was three months old. 
I use Dymo Tape for Labeling or I use those Labels for COULD's and cut them in half. 
I would pay about $200 for a Labeler that was small and had six keys. I have a Perkins Brailler and a Braille Sense. 
Years ago there was a Banks Pocket Brailler which used rolls of Tape. It had six keys and a spacebar. It was a pain to thread but made great labels. I think it was made in England. 
The rolls were large than Dymo Tape. I paid about five dollars for it in the '60's. 
It was made of metal and was definitely not junk. 
I would not use anything with batteries. 
Colleen Roth 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Pierce" <bbpierce at pobox.com>
To: "'Ationfb of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: 2008/10/23 12:48:11
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Questionnaire for Braille labeler users

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> From: napub-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:napub-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of tribble
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:18 AM
> To: NFB-NET National Association to Promote the Use of Braille MailingList
> Subject: Re: [napub] MIT Seeks Input about Braille Labeler
> 
> When all else fails, use a slate... I actually prefer the sheets from
> american thermoform that I can type in my perkins brailler and cut to size.
> I don't like my 3m labeler and never use it.
> I am partially sighted but see only light and color and some movement.
> Lost my vision gradually over time. I am over the hump at 51 -- it's all
> down hill from here -- which could be either good or bad, depending on how
> you look at it.
> Oh well, happy brailling.
> --le
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amy Ruell (by way of David Andrews<dandrews at visi.com>)" 
> <aruell at nbp.org>
> To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:04 AMM is seeking our op[inion before
> they do something.
> Subject: [napub] MIT Seeks Input about Braille Labeler
> 
> 
> I have been asked to circulate the following:
> 
> 
> ----comOriginal Message-----
> From: <mailto:karina.pikhart at gmail.com>karina.pikhart at gmail.com
> [mailto:karina.pikhart at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Karina Pikhart
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:36 AM
> Subject: [2.009] Braille labeler product survey
> 
> Dear Customer,
> 
> We are the senior mechanical engineering design team at MIT working on
> designing and building a brand new Braille labeler. We need the help of
> people like you to design the best product possible for the blind and
> visually impaired. We would be so grateful if you could reply to this email
> with your own answers to the questions listed below at your earliest
> convenience. The results will be assessed anonymously; your confidentiality
> is certainly our priority.
> 
> Additionally, for those of you living in the Boston area, please keep your
> calendar open for this Saturday morning for a one hour focus group during
> which e will present some basic models and give you the opportunity to test
> them out and give us feedback. Details of time and location will be emailed
> out shortly. Please let your friends know about this event; we want to have
> as many blind and visually impaired people there as possible to help us
> design the best product that we can.
> 
> Thank you so much! Please continue reading for our survey questions.
> 
> 1. How much vision do you have? When did you lose your vision?
> 
> 2. What is your age? (teens, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, etc.)
> 
> 3. Do you own a 3M label maker?
> 
> 4. What have you used your 3M label maker to label?
> 
> 5. Approximately how many letters can you type in 10 seconds on your 3M
> label maker?
> 
> 6. If you label disposable items, such as canned foods, can you describe how
> you do it? Do you adhere the label to the can and dispose of it when you
> throw away the can? Or do you have a system for reusing your labels? Can you
> describe it? If you reuse your labels, is it to save money, to save the time
> of making a new label, or is there another reason?
> 
> 7. When you use your 3M label maker, do you usually make multiple labels in
> one sitting, or do use it each time you need just one label?
> 
> 8. Do you ever have a need to make multiple lines of label? Is it
> challenging to make two labels and line one up below the next while placing
> them?
> 
> 9. Is there any part of the labeling process for which you prefer or require
> help from a sighted friend? (Identifying items to be labeled, creating the
> labels, trimming the labels, peeling the labels, sticking the labels,
> etc.)
> 
> 10. Do you carry your 3M label maker with you? To work? To the grocery
> store? If your 3M label maker were small and light enough, would you carry
> it with you to label things right away as you purchased them?
> 
> 11. Would you purchase a label maker that required batteries to operate?
> 
> 12. What other things do you have to do besides simply embossing the braille
> in order to prepare a label? (How often do you have to buy replacement tape?
> Do you have to trim the label? Peel the backing? Anything else?) Please
> elaborate on anything that is tricky or inconvenient, or that might
> sometimes cause a mistake so that you have to remake the label.
> 
> 13. Do you own any technology for which you would say that the buttons are
> too small?
> 
> 14. Do you own a brailler or a Braille note? Which do you have, and how long
> have you had one? Approximately how many letters per second can you type in
> 10 seconds on your brailler or Braille note?
> 
> 15. How much would you be willing to spend for a label maker that used dymo
> tape, had a 6-button interface like a brailler or a Braille note, and was
> smaller than the 3M label maker?
> 
> Thank you so much for your time! Please forward this on to any friends who
> may be able to help, and have them reply to me, Karina Pikhart, at
> <mailto:kpikhart at mit.edu>kpikhart at mit.edu
> .. Any questions about the nature of our project or of this survey may also
> be addressed to me.
> 
> Thanks again!
> Karina Pikhart
> 2.009 Blue Team
> 
> 
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