[blindkid] Affordable brailling options

[Marie]

Hello everyone, can y'all give me some ideas for affordable options for brailling some of our favorite books at home. I have a borrowed Perkins brailler but am quite slow currently. I also have a labeler which is faster but the strips are a bit awkward when I am trying to fit them on the book pages. Jack has recently become more interested in those dots and books in general. I have been modeling sweeping my fingers as I read and I am very delighted to report that I found him "reading" one of his favorite books to himself and he was sweeping his hands across the page!!! Unfortunately it was in a book that I have yet to braille. I would love to know if there is an affordable option for printing up braille quickly at home. I was thinking of maybe something that I could hook to my computer? Is that what an embosser is? It would be a whole lot faster if I could type the text and then have something "print" the Braille for me. Is such technology available and affordable for home use? 

Yes I do plan on practicing more with the Brailler but until then....

Marie (mother of Jack born May 2005)
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