We'd be stuck':alarm as UK's last Braille typewriter repairer ponders retirement

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/02/wed-be-stuck-alarm-as-uks-last-braille-typewriter-repairer-ponders-retirement

by CTOSian • 2 years ago

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not_your_vase• 2 years ago

What an excellent project to create an ifixit-like, comprehensive repair tutorial, and put it on the internet.

jareds• 2 years ago

As someone who had to haul one of these around in elementary school, good riddance! They were annoyingly heavy and difficult to move as a child. I believe part of the reason for their size is that they support full-size Braille paper for creating books. Now that books are created using Braille printers, there's not as much of a need for something so large. I used an older version of the Mountbatten Brailler (https://mountbattenbrailler.com/) and liked it because it was lighter and easier to carry. I wish there were a smaller version of this, without all the computer features. It would be even better if it had open-source software and freely available schematics.

We'd be stuck':alarm as UK's last Braille typewriter repairer ponders retirement

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