[duxuser] Re: FW: Speaking of labels was RE: Re: Printing labels to stick on the back of business cards
- From: "Susan Stageberg" <stageberg.susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 10:57:23 -0500
Yes, you use a scissors or a paper cutter to cut the labels apart; they are
perforated every three inches, but you can probably get at least two CD labels
on one 3 by 8-1/2 inch "sheet."
I'd say either Duxbury or a notetaker would work; if it were me I'd try both
and see what happened. When I did this with an old Braille Lite, one of the
things I liked was the way the clipboard in that unit worked; if I had to make
labels for a 60-volume book (and believe me I did) I just copied the first
label and pasted it 59 times, then went through and changed the volume numbers.
Duxbury's clipboard is a little flaky, in my experience. But try any and all
techniques and see what gives the least headache. If you use Duxbury, create
yourself a document template with no page numbers and call it labels. St.
George has discussed how to do this on this list before and it's not hard.
Susie
Susie Stageberg
Project ASSIST with Windows
Iowa Department for the Blind
(515) 281-1351
stageberg.susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Londa Hauser
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:40 AM
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Subject: [duxuser] Re: FW: Speaking of labels was RE: Re: Printing labels to
stick on the back of business cards
Hi Susie,
I'm assuming that you cut these in half for a CD? 8.5 would be a bit large for
a disk. This doesn't sound like it would be difficult. Do you think it is
preferable to create the file in Duxbury or with a notetaker such as a
BrailleNote? Thanks. -----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Susan Stageberg
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:12 AM
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Subject: [duxuser] Re: FW: Speaking of labels was RE: Re: Printing
labels to stick on the back of business cards
Londa, you should be able to use Embossables from American Thermoform to label
your CD's. They are tractor-fed labels with a peel-off backing; each label is 3
inches high and 8-1/2 inches wide. I mentioned these yesterday since our
Library uses them to label Braille books. I got them to work fine with Duxbury
and a Braille Blazer.
Susie
Susie Stageberg
Project ASSIST with Windows
Iowa Department for the Blind
(515) 281-1351
stageberg.susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Londa Hauser
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 8:57 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] FW: Speaking of labels was RE: Re: Printing labels to stick
on the back of business cards
-----Original Message-----
From: Londa Hauser [mailto:lhauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:33 AM
To: 'duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Speaking of labels was RE: [duxuser] Re: Printing labels to
stick
on the back of business cards
While we're on the subject of labels, has anyone out there printed CD labels on
an embosser? My fiancé has many CD's, and we'd like to label them. It will
take forever if we have to do it by hand. Thanks. -----Original
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
Behalf Of Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:53 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Printing labels to stick on the back of
business
cards
I have not had much luck with embossing labels for business cards. Many of the
cards now have print on both sides and so the braille label has to be clear. We
braille lots of business cards by hand here at Dolphin Press. We also had
trouble lining up the label exactly on the card. It is very time consuming, but
we haven't found a better way. At 09:15 AM 5/25/2005, you
wrote:
>Caroline, in our Library we use cassette labels that are somewhat as
>you describe, except they have an oval cutout in the middle where the
>innards that make the tape turn are. The only way we can get even three
>lines of Braille on these labels is to use a Braille Blazer, which has
>Label Mode, which sort of scrunches the space between words and between
>lines. Still legible, but compressed. Then we have to create the file
>in a Braille Lite, that has provision for a half a line space. Duxbury
>won't do this. Duxbury works great for the book labels, which are 3
>inches by 8-1/2 inches; you can use standard line spacing for that.
>
>So my concern with Andre's problem is that he's not going to be able to
>get much Braille on the back of a business card. Here at the Iowa
>Department for the Blind, we send our business cards off somewhere, I
>know not where, (the front office here would know) to be Brailled, and
>you only can get a fraction of the print text on them.
>
>It also seems to me that there is a hand-held device that you can have
>custom made so it will emboss your business cards; this doesn't help
>Andre much. There must be someplace that does this embossing of
>business cards, as when one attends a tech conference everybody has
>Braille on their business cards. For the short term, I'd suggest doing
>them by hand.
>
>Susie
>
>
>Susie Stageberg
>Project ASSIST with Windows
>Iowa Department for the Blind
>(515) 281-1351
>stageberg.susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Caroline Congdon
>Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:45 PM
>To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [duxuser] Re: Printing labels to stick on the back of
business
>cards
>
>
>Andre, I am running into a very similar situation. I found labels that
>fit nicely on business cards and that have tractor-feed sprockets on
>each side.
>These labels are available from IRTI in the US. However, I have not
>attempted to emboss on these labels yet for a couple of reasons. First,
>in
>order to get as much information as possible onto each label you need to
>
>make sure that your margins are absolutely precise. I accomplished
>this
>
>using a standard slate and stylus. Using this method, I was able to
>get 5 lines of braille on each label with 11 characters at most on each
>line. I
>found that this is such a precise thing that I haven't been comfortable
>attempting it with my embosser yet. I would love to hear from others
>who
>have been through this all ready though. Good luck.
>
>Caroline
>
>Caroline Congdon; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>Mailto:carolinecongdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~carolinecongdon/
>MSN/Windows Messenger: carolinecongdon@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
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