[Ohio-talk] FW: Questionnaire for Braille labeler users

Thu Oct 23 18:57:24 UTC 2008

I am forwarding this message to the list again because the person who
responded did not answer all the questions, particularly the one about age
range is bound to be important. But you must send your response, not to our
list, but to the original person at MIT, whose email address was in the post
I sent around. I did send on Colleen's answer, but, happy as I am to have
Ohioans responding to these questions, I don't have  time to send on the
responses.
Barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of vincent2872 at sbcglobal.net
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:41 AM
To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Questionnaire for Braille labeler users

	I just use my Braille Writer that I can also put my dymo tape on,
and then cut the labels my self.  The only time I need help in the stores is
to read the labels on can food and boxes.  I would only pay $10 for a good
label maker.

-----Original Message-----
From: ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Colleen Roth
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:55 PM
To: ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Questionnaire for Braille labeler users

This is too much address to copy.
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

>
>
> 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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