I'm going to get this embosser going again. I just checked with Duxbury.
The cost will be zero.
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From: "Charles Rivard" <wee1s...@fidnet.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] braille/large print/other media for audio games
(wasinfo games game engines)
I have an embosser and Duxbury translation software for it on my laptop.
I've also got about 2,000 sheets of paper. I'll check into the cost of
license renewal for the translation software.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] braille/large print/other media for audio games
(was info games game engines)
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.
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