Absolutely - no criticism of the project intended as I hope I made clear in the initial email. It is just that I have come across people who believed wrongly that the service could only be accessed through the RNIB label which has unnecessarily made them believe that they could not access the service.
David Griffith On 17/02/2015 23:50, Eleanor Martha Burke wrote:
I think you have a very valid point David,however, such labels do exist,and if somebody is prepared to put some hard work into assisting blind people with using these labels,then I think it is good for us to offer our support to such an individual.The young man devising the labels is still a college student,and working towards his A Levels.On 17 Feb 2015, at 23:28, David Griffith <daj.griffith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Just a comment that sighted help may not be necessary to tell if a label is printed as long as people have access to OCR and a scanner. What I do when I print out addresses is put them under my scanner. If the scanner picks up the address I am confident it has printed out OK. I am sure your Brother's application will be useful for some but to be honest when I print I also just include a top line on the label in bold Articles for the Blind if it is going to my sister and this has always worked. In fact when she sends stuff to me she just gets her husband to write Article s for the Blind with a Biro on the envelope and or package and this has also always worked over the last 15 years or so that we have been doing this. I do not believe an official RNIB label is necessary for the service. David GriffithOn 17/02/2015 16:29, Mobeen Iqbal wrote: Hello Everyone. Over the last few weeks, my brother has been developing an application which should allow people to print on articles for the blind labels without any sighted help. We are at the stage where we need testers for the application. Because the RNIB labels are the same size as a 6 by 4 photograph, you'll need to ensure that your printer prints on photo paper which could be listed as 4 by 6, 10 by 15 CM in your printer's paper options. we've noticed that some laser printers have this option and some don't. similarly, most inkjet printers allow you to print on photopaper so this should not pose a problem for the majority of people. sighted help on hand may also be necessary to ensure that your address has been printed if you do not have enough sight to make out the print on the label. If you are interested in testing the application in its alpha stage, please send a blank email message to: vi-tech-testers+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx testing will commence in the next few days. Thanks for reading, Mo. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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