2006.41.1

Braille-n-Print

Wilson, Norman [inventer]

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 accommodate 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".

H-3.25 W-14.125 D-10 inches

ca. 1985

Quantum Technology

Australia

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.

APH Collection, 2006.41