Printing and faxing

I guess that there is still much of society that is very unaware that as blind persons we are unable to fax and print.

When it comes to these two tasks I will say that it is practically impossible.  Sure, we could route a file to our regular printer to be printed but then comes the challenge.  We have no way of knowing whether or not the file or document has printed properly, whether or not the print on the page is readable enough, and whether or not it is formatted in the right way.

We could, of course, put it through a scanner but then again we would never be sure.

In the case of faxing, we need to ensure that when we fax something that the pages to be faxed are placed in the correct way so that the print is faxed and not blank pages.  In addition, that after the fax machine has done its thing, that we are able to know that the fax has gone through.  There is
nothing worse than not knowing what is being displayed on the screen of a fax machine.

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Braille Faxes Not Available

This is one of the most interesting questions that the sighted world often asks:  Are there Braille faxes available?  The answer to this is a definite no and here is why.  Braille is made up of dots and not images or printed letters.  Dots are used to form letters.  Faxes are made up of images and letters. 

 

Braille dots are raised so that a blind person can feel them in order to read it.  Fax machines are unable to accept and reproduce anything that is raised.  So the next time someone asks you if faxes can be sent and received in Braille, you will be able to say most positively, no.

 

I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and encouraging you to go out there and tell others that Braille faxes are unavailable.