[Athen] Embosser or Scanner Recommendations

[Dan Comden]

The main drawback to that awesome old Juliet embosser is that the cable
connection is so outdated. We went through this process of updating a few
years ago and retained our old one (plus a parallel port card needed to
connect to newer computers) in reserve as a backup.

We replaced it with a new Juliet. It does not have the same appearance of
rugged reliability as the one built and sold by Enabling Technologies. That
said, it is nice to have relatively simple network sharing capabilities and
it's definitely faster than our old workhorse. Braille quality is good and
we've had no complaints. Setup can be a little fussy.

As for the scanner, you might look into a service pack for it -- replacing
the feed rollers and a thorough cleaning may be all it needs to keep
chooching along for years. That's assuming you have one of the high end
speedy ones.

-*- Dan

On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 2:23 PM Swanson,Allison <
Allison.R.Swanson at colostate.edu> wrote:


> Hello All,

>

>

>

> We’re looking to upgrade some of our old equipment. We have a Juliet

> Embosser (with a parallel port connection) and a high speed Canon scanner

> for scanning textbooks as needed for alt format. Does anyone have

> recommendations on reliable replacement models for either of these?

>

>

>

> Thanks,

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>

>

> *Allison Swanson*

>

> *AT-IT Coordinator & Accessibility Facilitator*

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