[nfb-talk] raised markers

[John G. Heim]

Well, loc dots are close to what I'm looking for but not quite it. The 
raised markers I'm looking for are bigger than loc dots and even more 
transparent. I got them originally from the Hadley School for the blind when 
I took their raised markers class.
In fact, last time I wanted to get some more of these things, I ended up 
asking the Hadley School for the Blind what they were. But that was years 
ago and I no longer have the information they sent me.

Its important that the raised markers I get be very unintrusive because I 
want to put them on a device in a very public place. If people can't read 
the label through the raised marker, I'll never be allowed to put them on in 
the first place.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] raised markers


>I think he's looking for Loc Dots or similar, I haven't seen such a thing 
>at Target.  Loc Dots are ridiculously overpriced IMO, but if you want a 
>prepared product that is that easily visible, those are what you're looking 
>for.
>
> Presently my favorite cheap locator dot material is adhesive-backed foam 
> rubber.  It's opaque, but an 8.5x11 sheet of the stuff is pretty cheap and 
> you can punch goodly sized dots out of it using a hole punch.
>
> I've seen them sold pre-punched for a reasonable price, but half the cost 
> of a small sheet, I can have about four times as much if I punch them out 
> myself.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:13:37AM -0800, Mary Willows wrote:
>>The office supply section at Target.
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "John G. Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
>>To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:44 AM
>>Subject: [nfb-talk] raised markers
>>
>>
>>>All,
>>>
>>>Anybody know where I can get some raised markers? I need some round, 
>>>flat, clear plastic raised markers suitable  for putting on the buttons 
>>>of a microwave oven that is for use by a group. My department has a 
>>>microwave oven and I'd like to put some raised markers on the instrament 
>>>panel.
>>>
>>>There is a brand name of raised markers called "bump dots". This is not 
>>>what I need. Those are too rounded on the top. The raised markers I'm 
>>>talking about are very flat and very easy to see through.
>>>
>>>
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