[Trainer-talk] Any tactile or embosser methods for using PowerPoint? Braille

[Andrews, David B (DEED)]

If the charts are text-based then they should be Braillable.  I don't know if any of the translation programs handle PowerPoint directly, but they might.  If not you will have to save in a more compatible format.

The Tiger embosser will try to do something with any graphic you send it, but I don't know how useful it would be.

Dave



-----Original Message-----
From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Phil
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 9:34 AM
To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Any tactile or embosser methods for using PowerPoint? Braille

Hi Dave, are you saying that embosser won't be able to emboss charts directly from PowerPoint?
Thanks.
Phil

On 9/16/13, Andrews, David B (DEED) <david.b.andrews at state.mn.us> wrote:
> You could use save as and save the PowerPoint text as a RTF file, then 
> emboss that.  Anything that is a graphic, in the file, whether it be a 
> picture or a chart is going to be a problem with anything!
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Phil
> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 1:15 PM
> To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Any tactile or embosser methods for using 
> PowerPoint?Braille
>
> Hi group,
>
> Does anyone know if there are ways to create tactile hardcopies of 
> PowerPoint slides?
> For example, I need to work with PowerPoint slides that contain lots 
> of graphs, charts, diagrams.  Is there any Braille embosser or tactile 
> or thermo device that can let me read these PowerPoint slides with my fingers?
>
> Thanks for your suggestion!
>
>
> Phil