hmmm that may be a bit hard.
At 11:13 a.m. 20/06/2015, you wrote:
Looks like that's two of us - only thing left to figure out would be
shipping.
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From: "Charles Rivard" <wee1s...@fidnet.com>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 15:19
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] braille/large print/other media for audio
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I'm going to get this embosser going again. I just checked with Duxbury.
The cost will be zero.
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>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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>> 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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