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<p class="MsoNormal">I haven’t heard back from anyone about awareness of community embossers. I wanted to try one more time. See below for more details.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Mark Weiler
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<b>Sent:</b> October 27, 2025 4:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Community embossers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I attended a talk by some librarians from Kwantlen Polytechnic University in BC, where they have
<a href="https://www.kpu.ca/library/braille-printing">a community embosser</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It can be used by anyone, whether from the university or the wider community. It’s set up like a regular self-serve printer and public workstation. People can send a print job to the embosser like they can send a job to a laser printer.
There are supports to learn how to print it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What I find interesting was a how the community is using it. They told a story of how someone from the community learned about the embosser and came in to have a wedding invitation embossed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know of other examples of community embossers?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mark Weiler, PhD (he & him)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">JAWS certified and Web Accessibility Specialist
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Web & User Experience Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wilfrid Laurier University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Waterloo, Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">548-889-5056<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Upcoming</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<a href="https://library.wlu.ca/events"><span style="color:#0563C1">Laurier Library workshops & events</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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