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Index Number: 26379

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

JE>Flemish Leading Newspaper now simultaneously available in
JE>inkprint and Braille
JE>=========================================================
JE>At a press conference in Brussels, Belgium on 14 December
JE>1992, a new initiative was announced by the Flemish
JE>Braille Newspaper Foundation (VZW De Braillekrant).
JE>Starting from mid-December 1992 a daily edition in Braille
JE>of the major Belgian newspaper "De Standaard" will be
JE>available at the same time as the ink print version sold
JE>to the general public.

 JE>The overall technical feasability study for the Flemish
JE>daily Braille Newspaper was made by InfoVisie-Vlicht, a
JE>specialised technical consultancy group based in Leuven,
JE>Belgium.
JE>For the practical implementation, full support has been
JE>given to the Braille Newspaper by the "Braille Research
JE>Group" at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
JE>Prof. Francois' Group developed the high speed ELEKUL 03
JE>braille embosser, an essential part of the daily
JE>production cycle. All text conversion and formatting
JE>software has been provided for by ir. Jan Mennens of the
JE>same K.U.Leuven Group.

For those of you interested in such things, we have an Elekul-03 in the
International Braille and Technology Center for the Blind.  It cost about
$42,500 and is a single sided printer that embosses at up to 300 characters per
second.  It will do up to 1000 pages per hour.  It is built like a tank and its
most unusual feature is that it prints on a continuous roll of paper, cutting it
off into sheets as it goes.  It also produces good quality Braille.
David Andrews

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