NEW! Electronic Preservation of Braille Service

NEW! Electronic Preservation of Braille Service
American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.

A new service offered by APH provides a way to electronically preserve the text contained in brailled documents.

APH can scan your paper braille or metal plates!

Would you like to preserve your paper braille documents by having them converted into electronic documents?
Do you have a vintage braille book collection?
Do you have braille pages that were transcribed using a slate or braillewriter?
Do you have personal braille documents that you need to edit or to share with others?
Do you have metal embossed mastering plates without the original electronic file?
Do you have boxes and boxes of braille masters to thermoform?

Whether your braille documents are single sided or interpoint, paper or metal master plates, APH can create electronic braille files for you!

Using a new process, APH can scan braille documents and provide you with a braille-ready file on floppy disk, on CD, or via email. You can edit this file using braille transcribing software or send it directly to a braille embosser or notetaker. All scanned files are proofread by an NLS certified braillist.

Pricing and Federal Quota Availability

The price is $2.50 per braille page. This price does not include converting single-sided parts or volumes into interpointed parts or volumes. Note: We cannot scan tactile graphic portions of braille documents.

Federal Quota funds may be used by Ex Officio Trustees for the preservation of materials originally purchased with Federal Quota dollars or for materials to be used with Federal Quota registered students.

For more information or for placing orders, contact:

Contract Administration
American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.
1839 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
Phone: 502-895-2405
Fax: 502-899-2284
Toll Free: 800-223-1839