Accession Number: 2000.83
Summary/Description: "Displays produced with the Tactile Graphics Kit (brailon) and plate-making facilities (paper) of the American Printing House for the Blind." --cover. Guidebook was made to show the braille and tactile graphics capabilities of the Tactile Graphics Kit (an APH product). Graphics show the four floor levels of the Ramada Renaissance Hotel and a room map of the Exhibit Hall. Includes a general key, and each "floor level" graphic includes a key. Kit-made pages are plastic brailon reproduced on a thermoform machine. Cover sheet and last page were pressed from embossing plates. An APH PEARL machine was used to create tactile graphics on the embossing plate for the last page. Grade 2 braille. Paper cover sheet and pages are hole-punched at top and comb-bound (white plastic); text on cover sheet in both standard print and braille.
Author: California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped
Collection: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2008.83
Publisher: American Printing House for the Blind
Publisher Place: Louisville, KY
Publish Date: 1985
Subjects: Illustrations Instructional aids, tools, and supplies Tactile graphics
Physical Description: 1 v. of braille : tactile graphics ; 11.5 x 11 x .25 in.
