[nfbcs] braille blazer thoughts

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Rick
I found about 5 Index D and index S embossers a couple years ago on ebay
(brl blazer is a bit older and more tweaking would be needed with the new
computers)...I had parents and schools buy them up. With a bit of tweaking,
they all work great still
Denise

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> Rick:
>
> The BrailleBlazer was a very fine relatively-low-cost braille printer for
> its time. It takes, of course, either a parallel or serial port, i.e., it
> does not have a native USB connection so you'd need a converter that takes
> USB data to a form the Blazer can accept.
>
> The drawback to the BrailleBlazer is that it only takes 8.5-by-11-inch
> paper, not the 11-by-11.5-inch paper that the VersaPoint can handle.
>
> But the Blazer is light-weight and easily carried. Additionally, it has its
> own internal speech synthesizer and keypad to manipulate its settings; in a
> pinch, it can be used for a speech synthesizer if one drives it with a
> serial port or USB-to-serial converter; you'd set JAWS or WE to Braille 'N
> Speak as the external synth to use the Blazer in this fashion.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of richard watson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 7:01 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List; duxuser
> Subject: [nfbcs] braille blazer thoughts
>
> Good morning everyone,
> I am looking at a braille blazer on ebay. What do folks think of this
> printer?
> My versapoint is currently out being repaired (hoping this is possible)
> thanks
> rick
>
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Denise

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