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Also, there may be other emulators available. If you have an Apple Mac computer, you may want to use the commercial program listed above (DBT) or the free Perky Duck emulator listed below.
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Which software should you use? It depends on what kind of machine you are using.
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Consult your email documentation on how to send attachments (or just ask a sixth-grader!). The "high-tech" way is to produce the document, save it, open up an email message to us with the same subject line, and then send your file as an attachment.


With the emulators, you produce your document just as you would on a real Perkins brailler, but you use your computer skills to save your work. It's actually not the pushing down, it's the lifting up that produces the braille cell on the screen. To braille a cell, you push down one or more keys simultaneously. The emulators work by "mapping" a computer keyboard to a dot, such as: These packages are "emulators" - they emulate, or mimic, the behavior of a Perkins brailler, which has six keys, one key corresponding to a single braille dot. We also list two software packages that are available at no charge from Duxbury Systems, Inc. Price is approximately $695.īoth programs are supported in this course, and stipend money may be used towards the purchase of the DBT software package. Duxbury Systems DBT: for Windows and Apple operating systems.There is a commercial software package that we recommend: This reading describes the software programs that are available to you free of charge. While you are welcome to download and use the software provided on these pages, technical support is provided on a very limited basis.
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This program consists of a series of three integrated, novice-to-expert braille instructional programs designed to provide instruction to teachers, parents, service providers, and others interested in braille production. The free braille emulation software made available through this site can be used by participants in the "BRL: Braille through Remote Learning" program. BRL: Electronic Braille Programs BRL: Braille through Remote Learning
