Hello EASI friends.  I've pasted in a press release from ViewPlus 
Technologies announcing the new Baby Tiger embosser line.  Enjoy, and see 
them at the ViewPlus exhibit at CSUN.

John

FOR Immediate Release

Source: ViewPlus® Technologies, Inc.

Advanced Braille Technology Now More Affordable

Corvallis, Oregon – March 17, 2003 - ViewPlus® Technologies today announced 
the release of

three cutting edge braille embossers – the Tiger Max, Tiger Cub, and Tiger 
Cub Jr.  These

new devices are designed to create cost-effective options for converting 
visual information

into raised media that can be understood by touch – whether that be text 
made into braille

or visual images transferred into tactile graphics.

In March 2002, ViewPlus® Technologies released the first braille embosser 
capable of

translating complex visual images into 3-D tactile graphics.  Previously, 
this technology

has been available almost exclusively at universities and larger 
institutions; but now it

has been incorporated into three new embossers that are priced to fit 
smaller schools and

others who create braille materials on a limited budget.

The new Tiger Max, Tiger Cub, and Tiger Cub Jr. embossers will make Tiger 
Embosser

technology available to more people.   Now any computer information used to 
teach sighted

students can also be embossed directly to one of the Tiger 
Embossers.  Blind students who

study math, engineering, geography, and other subjects that require access 
to diagrams and

other graphic images can get exactly the same information as their sighted 
peers.

"Braille embossers have existed for more than 30 years, but have progressed 
little until

Tiger Embosser technology was originally introduced in 1996," says 
ViewPlus® Founder and

President John Gardner.  "Tiger Embossers work with mainstream software 
like MS Office so

anyone who can use a computer can make the sophisticated tactile materials 
required by

today's blind students and professionals."

Tiger Embossers can make more braille and tactile information available 
more easily – now

for a price anyone can afford.

More about Tiger Technology
Advanced features on the Tiger Embosser line include: Windows® 
compatibility, tactile

graphic resolution four times greater than any other embosser, 3-D graphics 
capability,

reduced extraneous sound, full featured intuitive user interface, ability 
to emboss on

various types of media (cut sheet and tractor), double-sided braille and more!

ViewPlus® Technologies, Inc.
ViewPlus® Technologies, Inc., is a research and manufacturing firm 
delivering assistive

technology tools to the visually impaired community on an international 
scale. ViewPlus®

continues to manufacture the Accessible Graphing Calculator software, 
DotsPlus® and a line

of enhanced Tiger Embossers that allows users to produce materials 
exceeding the limits of

tactile perception.

ViewPlus® maintains a website at http://www.viewplustech.com
John Gardner
Professor and Director, Science Access Project
Department of Physics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-6507
tel: (541) 737 3278
FAX: (541) 737 1683
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://dots.physics.orst.edu