| Collection |
APH Collection |
| Object ID |
2006.41.1 |
| Object Name |
Converter |
| Artist |
Wilson, Norman [inventer] |
| Title |
Braille-n-Print |
| Made |
Quantum |
| Place of Origin |
Australia |
| Date |
ca. 1985 |
| Year Range from |
1984 |
| Year range to |
1990 |
| Description |
Tan-enameled rectangular steel case with four light gray rubber feet; nickel-plated toggle on front right, red LED on front left; top has four holes to accomodate feet of Perkins Brailler; eight spring loaded brass posts; raised shelf on back edge of top; jack on back left for 9V AC/DC adaptor, gray plastic parallel printer cable with royal blue jack; screen printed on front, "BRAILLE-n-PRINT/quantum"; serial#257; label on reverse, "Howe Press/Perkins School For the Blind". |
| Provenance/History |
The Braille-n-Print, a device that allowed the user to produce both a braille copy and a print copy of a document prepared on a Perkins Brailler, was invented by Norman Wilson in Australia and introduced by Quantum in 1984. The U.S. distributor was Humanware, Inc. The device was useful for students whose teachers were not braille readers and other uses where both a braille and print copy of a document were desirable. The first models also had a modest 24K memory..
APH supervisor Lou Tingle acquired this device to accommodate Gary Jones when he worked in Quality Control. Jones used it to print weekly quality reports for Tingle about the talking book tapes he was checking from the Mastering Department.
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| Used |
American Printing House for the Blind |
| Dimensions |
H-3.25 W-14.125 D-10 inches |
| Dimension notes |
Chassis overall, does not include printer cable |
| Material |
Steel, brass, rubber, plastic |
| People |
Wilson, Norman
Jones, Gary
Tingle, Lou |
| Subjects |
Braille
Braillewriters |
| Search Terms |
APH talking book production
APH quality control |
| Credit line |
APH Collection, 2006.41 |
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