Hi Dark, Okay, I see what you mean about using a third-party braille transcription service, a good idea, but I'm not sure what something like that would cost. The only one that comes to mind off the top of my head in the USA is American Printing House for the Blind, but as I have never transcribed anything through them personally I haven't a clue what it would cost to run x number of copies of an informational pamphlet off for organizations using APH's services. I'm sure it won't cost as high as buying an embosser, software, paper, etc but at the same time I could see it costing quite a bit. Unfortunately, braille is a very expensive medium so it is likely to be a fairly costly investment regardless of what someone does.
I think what might be a better tact as far as information sharing and advertising goes is actually create a pamphlet which can be redistributed through the various blind resellers. I don't know what you have over in the UK and in Europe but here in the USA there are a number of well known resellers such as In dependant Living Aids, Maxi Aids, Light House, and so forth who are in the business of selling blind products such as canes, Olympus recorders, Jaws, you name it. Since they are in the business to make money and they have a catalog which gets shipped out to a lot of blind customers I'd say that would be the ideal way to advertise. Since companies like Independent Living Aids, for example, are in the business of making money and are not a organization they might be more receptive to sponsoring games and other entertainment products that would fall outside the purview of organizations. Cheers! On 6/19/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Buy an embosser? that is waaaaay more overkill than I am thinking here. In > the Uk at least there are braille transcription services that will spend > their time on printing, it's one way that say a local theatre can get > braille programs, sinse you are correct that braille embossers are stupidly > > expensive. > > I don't have a clear idea on costs, sinse it's not something I've looked > into but I don't believe it's that much, particularly as regards reproducing > > the thing once you've got one printed and then are making copies. > > As to people who don't have much to do with the blind community, well to be > > honest I fall into that category marginly myself simply because I don't find > > blindness events or organizations that helpful or that I have much in common > > with a lot of other blind people, ---- though i still do look at the news > letters just in case anything vaguely interesting comes up, and would > probably pick up a leaflet on something like games. > > of course there will be some people who literally don't have anything at all > > with any blindness organization, but you can't cover everyone! my suggestion > > of an intro leaflet was just to let more people know who normally might > not. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
