{"id":16971,"date":"2025-02-13T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/?p=16971"},"modified":"2025-02-21T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:03:57","slug":"braille-printer-now-available-in-falk-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/braille-printer-now-available-in-falk-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Braille Printer Now Available in Falk Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HSLS\u2019s new braille printer is now available at our accessible computer station on Falk Library\u2019s Main Floor. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/viewplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Columbia_PS_EN_8.5x11_2024.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ViewPlus Columbia<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> prints both braille and tactile graphics (non-textual information that is three-dimensionally printed) at eight different dot heights. The accessible computer station is also equipped with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/viewplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/TSS9_PS_EN_8.5x11_2024.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tiger Software Suite,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> which quickly converts Word documents to braille text and Excel charts and graphs to tactile graphics. The software suite also features a design tool that can convert other images and document types to braille and\/or tactile graphics.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New to tactile graphics? This video offers a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pWQv3OujVL0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">quick overview of the Tiger Software Suite<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the accessibility benefits of tactile graphics. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The braille printer can be used by anyone with a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/services.pitt.edu\/TDClient\/33\/Portal\/KB\/ArticleDet?ID=275\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">valid University computing account<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">; no reservation is required. Quick-start guides and full product manuals for both the braille embosser and Tiger Software Suite are saved to the computer\u2019s desktop. For assistance or questions, please contact the library\u2019s Main Desk or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/technology\/contact\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Technology Services<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">~Julia Reese<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HSLS\u2019s new braille printer is now available at our accessible computer station on Falk Library\u2019s Main Floor. The ViewPlus Columbia prints both braille and tactile graphics (non-textual information that is three-dimensionally printed) at eight different dot heights. The accessible computer station is also equipped with Tiger Software Suite, which quickly converts Word documents to braille [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"issue-archives","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[-1],"class_list":["post-16971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-march-2025","avhec_catgroup-issue-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16971"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17003,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16971\/revisions\/17003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}