[Pibe-division] EPSON scanner/ROMEO PRO 50

[EricGuillory at aol.com]

Hi Joanne, 
Firstly, if you are using a Romeo, get ready to go through plenty of  
paper, as it is a single-sided embosser and thus cannot emboss on both sides of  
a sheet of paper as can a Juliet or other product. But, then again, it is  
certainly better than having nothing at all. 
I'm afraid there are no quick and easy steps. Hopefully, you have access  
to optical character recognition (OCR) software (i.e., Kurzweil, OpenBook,  
OmniPage) for recognizing the scanned materials and converting them to text. 
As  with any OCR solution, some cleanup (e.g., running a spell check, 
looking for  text that is improperly tabbed/spaced) will be necessary. 
Once the document is cleaned up and saved in an appropriate format such  as 
an MS Word Document or text file, you can use a braille translation program 
 such as the Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT) to open and convert it to 
braille.  Of course, you have to specify your embosser type and such, and I 
will be happy  to discuss this with you in greater detail off-list. 
Happy embossing. I know this is a very generalized message, but, given  
that I don’t know what programs you are dealing with specifically, that is all  
the insight I can provide at present. 
Eric Guillory 
PIBE President 




 
In a message dated 9/23/2011 3:29:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
jezu36 at yahoo.com writes:

 
Hello to all,
 

I am a new TVI, just starting with my first student  today. He needs much 
of his work scanned/brailled. I have not yet learned  these pieces (EPSON 
scanner/ROMEO PRO 50) of equipment. So, I am looking for quick  easy to follow 
steps so that he gets his work right away. I am hoping to save  many hours 
by having some one send me a list of steps to follow. Thank you  very much.

 
Joanne  



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