[duxuser] Re: Interpoint On a Braillewriter
- From: "Brian Lingard" <b.lingard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 23:01:56 -0400
Ottawa Canada
Dear Brett and list:
You asked: "How do you do Interpoint on a Perkins Braillewriter?"
A: You cannot do Interpoint on a Perkins Brailler.
RNIB still sells the venerable Stainsby Braillewriter which
resembles a cross between a metal desk slate and a Braillewriter.
This device holds the paper on the metal board the Braille
embossing mechanism fits into with a metal clamp with the "A" and
"B" pins that attach the clamp to the metal board slightly
differently spaced vertically. This permits the Stainsby to
produce Interpoint, actually Interline Braille.
To deal with paper sag as the embossing mechanism is moved down
the page, they provide a convenient wooden spacer to insert under
the paper.
Unlike the Perkins Braillewriter, the keyboard of the Stainsby is
attached to the actual Braille embossing mechanism, so keyboard
and embossing head traverse the width of the paper as you write
Braille.
As the Braille you are writing is on the back side of the paper,
you cannot read what you have written as with a Perkins
Braillewriter.
And the Stainsby does have a margin bell! It too is mounted on
the carriage that traverses the Braille line.
While this machine would at first glance appear to be a relic of
years ago, it is used daily by many Braillists in the UK and
elsewhere.
They even have two models: One intended for use by blind people
which the keys work as if you were using a stylus on a slate and
one intended for sighted transcribers which works the opposite
way.
I believe these are the "A" and "B" models of the Stainsby
respectively.
I actually have one of these around here somewhere. It is a
great conversation piece and when not in use fits into a small
attache case style carrying box complete with locking clasps and
a nice molded carrying handle.
There may be other Interpoint Braillewriters but the Stainsby is
the only one I know of.
Brian
Brian K. Lingard
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