Tina Herzberg Demonstrates Using Braille Embosser with Duxbury Braille Translator

TINA HERZBERG: I am getting ready to emboss part of the final for a braille proficiency test. What they do is I give them a hard copy braille passage and then they have to ink print what does it say in braille and print. And I purposefully selected a passage from Edgar Allan Poe so that it would be a little harder to guess what the next word would be because it doesn't use terminology and language that we use day to day. . . . . . in 2010. Gotta turn it on, first. A Basic Index Braille Embosser. [computerized voice] I love that accent. GEORGE H. WILLIAMS: What program are you using? TINA: Duxbury. And, see, what I love about Duxbury is you do get the one line of print as well as the braille. "Hearkening." Yeah, I like that word. I have to remember to put it in the right USB port. [computer sound] I have a feeling that was my problem. We'll soon see. [braille embosser starts working] Yes! *laughter* Technology at its best and worst, hey! [noisy machine sounds] There you go. GEORGE: Trying to videotape braille is [laughter] a ridiculous thing to… [laughter] But you can sort of see it. You can see it when I hold it a certain way. TINA: What I suggest is taking it with you. If you have any colored chalk, lightly go over it with colored chalk, and it makes the dots stand out much more. GEORGE: And who are the students that are taking this test? TINA: Everyone enrolled in my braille class. GEORGE: Okay. Cool. Thanks. TINA: I hope they think so, too!