[nfbcs] Braille embosser recommendations

Dr. Denise M Robinson deniserob at gmail.com
Fri Jan 4 18:31:12 UTC 2013


I love index D, great work horse
Have found many embossers for sale on ebay and other sites like this for
under 1000k are ran excellent
Denise

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Hyde, David W. (ESC) <
david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us> wrote:

> We run a number of the Enabling braille express and the Juliets. We run
> them under Duxbury and a Windows 7 network. Our braillists use these as
> well running Megadots and Braille 2000.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeanine
> Lineback
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 3:05 PM
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
> Subject: [nfbcs] Braille embosser recommendations
>
> The NFB Texas affiliate is considering purchasing a new,
> refurbished or gently used braille embosser. I have been asked to
> assist in this process. I'm wondering if any of you might have
> recommendations for a durable work horse embosser, preferably one
> that doesn't have to be baby sat to keep the paper jams from
> mucking up the process? The affiliate braille's quite a bit of
> material with our youth programs, state convention, leadership
> trainings etc. I'm sure we'd even braille more materials if we
> had an embosser that we could keep going with relative ease. We
> would like to spend under $5000.00 if at all possible.
> We are considering the Juliet Pro 60. But I would like to know
> what embossers you guys would recommend. Also if any of you know
> of someone who would be selling a braille embosser that would fit
> our affiliates' needs and price point please send me that
> information as well.
> The affiliate currently has an older VersaPoint Duo and an Index
> 4x4 Pro. Neither embosser is currently in full working order.
> They are running Windows XP with the current version of Duxbury
> on a network. They would like the embosser to be available on the
> network as well. We are considering the option of upgrading our
> operating system this year.
>
> Thank you for your assistance!
> Jeanine Lineback, CEO Lineback Technology Solutions
>
>
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