There are a variety or 40 column Braille displays, about the smallest I consider usable for postsecondary student work that are around $5000. Here are the major vendors: ALVA www.aagi.com Blazie www.blazie.com Humanware http://www.humanware.com/E/E-frm.html Accessibility http://www.4access.com/products/rbt.htm Ron Stewart -----Original Message----- From: Woody Anna Dresner [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 2:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fw: braille style manual Hello, The cheapest braille display I know of is the bookworm. It has only eight cells, but could be viable for reading and is supposed to be able to function as a braille display for a computer, though I haven't seen it in action except as a stand-alone unit. It costs $1695, I believe, and is available through Arkenstone <http://www.arkenstone.org>. Blazie Engineering makes the next cheapest braille displays, and they're built into notetakers which have many of the functions of a palm pilot - the ability to store files, send them to a printer, and run simple programs like checkbook managers and VT100 terminal programs. They can be used successfully with computers as braille displays. The 18-cell version is about $3500, and the 40-cell version costs about $5500. I think Blazie Engineering sells the PowerBraille, which is strictly a braille display and has no notetaker abilities, for $5000 or a little less. I hope this helps. Regards, Anna Dresner EASI's online workshop on Barrier-free Educational Technology, Barrier-free Ed-Tech, begins March, 13. Making campuses accessible is the right thing to do, and it is the law. For information, go to http://www.rit.edu/~easi and click on workshops. EASI's online workshop on Barrier-free Educational Technology, Barrier-free Ed-Tech, begins March, 13. Making campuses accessible is the right thing to do, and it is the law. For information, go to http://www.rit.edu/~easi and click on workshops.