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Small German job a Marburg, I suspect [usually Braille shorthand but I've seen it used for "longhand"]. I agree with Ian's very positive comments about Perkins, which still are used very widely [I include myself - much quicker than a Braille 'n Speak or whatever] and you can correct errors with a ballpoint pen cap! Another option is a Mountbatten electronic brailler - good at multitasking: standalone or added on to a pc as a braille keyboard, QWERTY keyboard plugged into it so non-Braillist can produce Braille, Braille embosser from pc requiring no translation software... Let me know if more details required. Date sent: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:10:00 +0100 Subject: Re: FW: Perkin Brailler From: I Francis <[log in to unmask]> To: disforum <[log in to unmask]> Send reply to: [log in to unmask] Hi All Further to this thread about braillers, as far I as know students here are still using Perkins Braillers in our Library for note taking with their readers, or for other tasks such as making labels for tapes or disks. No need to boot it up and it rarely fails to work when you need it to, and usually writes what you asked it too! A student here has a smaller, lightweight plastic version which has a German name which I can't remember. He uses this for note taking in some situations, although he also has a braille'n'speak and a laptop! We bought a couple of braille'n'prints a few years back which are gathering dust in the store room, I lost faith after being the unfortunate person who had to explain to a student after her exam that, unknown to her or the little old lady invigilating, the printer had jammed after the second line of print. This was the earlier version which didn't have any memory. Thankfully, as these use the Perkins to operate, she had a hard copy of her work in braille. Ian Francis ---------- * From: Arthur Chatters * To: 'Dis-forum' * Subject: Re: FW: Perkin Brailler * Date: 09 September 1998 16:51 * * Dear All, * * I have replied privately to the message given below, but feel moved also * to make some comments to the list as a whole in view of some of the * other responses to it. * * I have deleted the relevant message, but someone asked whether * there is anyone in HE who still uses a Perkins. Well, I do (but .... Karen Ball ACCESS Centre The Royal National College for the Blind College Road HEREFORD HR1 1EB Tel: 01432 265725 Fax: 01432 353478 email: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%