A braille embosser is an impact printer that renders text as tactile braille cells. Using braille translation software, a document or digital text can be embossed with relative ease. This makes braille production efficient and cost-effective. Braille translation software may be free and open-sourced or paid.[1] Braille embossers can emboss single-sided or double-sided (called interpoint) and can produce 6- or 8-dot braille.[1]
Blind users tend to call other printers "ink printers," to distinguish them from their braille counterparts. This is often the case regardless of the type of printer being discussed (e.g., thermal printers being called "ink printers" even though they use no ink).[citation needed]
As with ink printers and presses, embossers range from those intended for consumers to those used by large publishers. The price of embossers increase with the volume of braille it produces .[2]
- ^ a b "Braille Embossers". National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) | Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ "Braille Printers". The American Foundation for the Blind. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12.