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- From: David.Andrews@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
- Newsgroups: misc.handicap
- Subject: Re: Turbo Braille Version 3 is ready
- Message-ID: <23395@handicap.news>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 17:01:15 GMT
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- [This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
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- -=> Quoting David Tanner to Daveed Mandell <=-
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- DT> Let us just say that I am told by a rep that has seen the
- DT> prototype, that one of the big access technology vendors is preparing
- DT> a interpoint printer for release late fall this year that will print
- DT> 40 characters per second, and will be priced around $2,100.00. If
- DT> that happens it will absolutely change every thing in terms of Braille
- DT> printers for personal use. At that kind of price, with that kind of
- DT> speed and being interpoint there will be no other printer on the
- DT> market that will be able to touch it. The only question will be
- DT> Braille quality and reliability.
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- I haven't heard that rumor in exactly that form. I have heard
- about a new interpoint printer in the $2000 range, from a
- manufacturer that has a reputation for making very reliable
- machines, although I heard that it would print in the 10 CPS
- range.
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- I just got the Braillo comet. I haven't used it much yet. the
- Braille quality is better then its predecessor, the Braillo 90,
- although still not quite as good as a Romeo or VersaPoint.
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- The printer came with no Braille manual which really hacks me off.
- A personal use Braille printer should have documentation in some
- kind of accessible form. David Andrews
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