Raised Dot Computing Newsletter
INDEX
January 1985 through December 1986
Prepared by Phyllis Herrington
Raised Dot Computing, Inc.
408 South Baldwin
Madison WI 53703
608-257-9595
On Using This Index
Since print pages in the RDC Newsletter were not tone
indexed in the audio edition, this Index shows the complete article title,
separated by a semi-colon from the month and year of publication. The RDC
Newsletter occasionally publishes a double issue: the combined June/July
issue for 1985 is shown as 6-7/85. Single back issues are available for $2
each--please specify audio cassette or print. The RDC Newsletter began
large print editions with the October 1985 issue. This index is available
in braille, large print, and as DOS 3.3 data files on disk.
A
Apple 2c:
Diagnosing the Apple 2c 3.5 ROM Upgrade; 10/86
Disk Adapter for Apple 2c; 5/85
Portable BRAILLE-EDIT and the Apple 2c; 1/85
Apple 2 plus:
BEX and the Apple 2 Plus; 8/85
BRAILLE-EDIT and the Apple 2 Plus; 8/85
Apple Turnover: Read and Write Apple Disks on the
IBM-PC; 5/85
AppleWorks
Transferring Files Between BRAILLE-EDIT and AppleWorks;
2-3/85
Transferring AppleWorks Files to BEX to Produce Braille;
5/86
Using BEX to Make Braille Printout of an AppleWorks
Database; 6/86
B
Bank Street Writer Files; 2-3/85
BASIC: Writing Applesoft Programs with a Word Processor;
2/86
BEX
BEX and the Apple 2 Plus; 8/85
BEX's Contextual Replace:
An Introduction to Contextual Replace; 7-8/86
TXP: What It Does and How It Does It; 7-8/86
BEX Copying Limit: The Feature Nobody Wanted; 2/86
BEX Hints: Using the Features of BEX; 10/86
BEX Version 2.2; 12/86
Forcing BEX to Recognize An Apple Circuit Card; 9/86
Outsmarting BEX's Dipner Dots; 10/86
Now Shipping BEX; 12/85-1/86
Tech Notes from the Kennel: Use Slot 3 for Review Mode
and Preview Braillers; 7-8/86
BRAILLE-EDIT
An In-Depth Look At BRAILLE-EDIT Word Processing
Commands: Part 1, 12/84; Part 2, 1/85
BRAILLE-EDIT and the Apple 2 Plus; 8/85
Interfacing the VersaBraille II to BRAILLE-EDIT; 10/85
Selectively Reprinting Certain Pages With BRAILLE-EDIT;
8/85
Trademark: Brand X or Generic; 5/85
Transferring Files Between the Small Talk and
BRAILLE-EDIT; 4/86
Version 2.5 Features; 9/85
Braille Embossers: see also Cranmer
Brailler
BRAILLE-EDIT and Four Braille Devices: Interfacing
Update; (MBOSS-1, Microbrailler, Ohtsuki, and Personal Brailler) 3/86
Ohtsuki:
Ohtsuki Printer Looks and Feels Like a Winner; 3/86
Interfacing the Ohtsuki Braille Embosser with BEX; 12/86
VersaPoint:
RDC is Now Selling the TSI VersaPoint Embosser; 11/86
VersaPoint Enhancements; 12/86
Braille Books and Transcription
BANA Approves Computer Braille Code for Field Test; 5/86
BETTE Broadens Braille Availability; 10/85
Braille Booklets for Apple Programmers; 12/85-1/86
Braille Transcriptions for Adults and Children;
12/85-1/86
Braille User-Oriented Code; 9/86
Compubraille of Texas; 12/85-1/86
Computer-Assisted Braille Transcription with
TranscriBEX; 11/86
National Braille Press, BETTE, and Press Braille; 11/85
Random House Dictionary on VersaBraille Tape; 12/85-1/86
Writing in Print and Braille; 9/85
Braille Graphics, see Raised Graphics
Bulletin Boards
4-Sights Network Offers No-Charge 30-Day Trial; 7-8/86
Talking, Searchable Bulletin Board System Directory;
1/85
C
Cables: Getting the Correct Interface Cable; 1/85
Checkbook Programs
Talking Bank'n 2-3/85
Trax Pax; 7-8/86
Two Ways to Bank: Held by the Hand or On Your Own; 2/86
Ultimate Banker Version 2.0; 6/86
Chinese Braille and BRAILLE-EDIT; 9/85
Contextual Replace:
An Introduction to Contextual Replace; 7-8/86
TXP: What It Does and How It Does It; 7-8/86
Cranmer Brailler
Another Way to Reprint a Page; 8/85
Applications for Dot Graphics from the Cranmer Brailler:
7-8/86
Application Notes: Cranmer Brailler Features; 6-7/85
Producing Raised-Format Graphics from Commercial
Software; 3/86
Super Cranmer Graphics Software Available; 5/86
Computer Braille Code, BANA Approves for Field Testing;
5/86
D
DECtalk
Tech Notes from the Kennel: Software Handshaking Between
DECtalk and the Apple 2e; 7-8/86
How We Produce This Newsletter with DECtalk; 6-7/85
Dipner Dots
Dipner Dot Briefs; 11/85
Dipner Dots on the Qume Letterpro 20; 10/85
Outsmarting BEX's Dipner Dots; 10/86
Disks & Disk Drives
Choosing Sides in the Flippy Battle; 12/85-1/86
Deciding to Use a Hard Disk Drive; 10/86
Maintaining Your Disk Drives; 4/86
DP-10 Users, Attention BEX and; 12/86
E
Echo Voice Synthesizer
Archer Mini Speaker-Amplifier; 11/85
Echo Enhancers Now Available; 5/85
Echo Delay: Using the New Echo Delay Command; 9/86
Features & Quirks in the Latest TEXTALKER (version
3.1) 8/85
Helping the Souls in Computer Purgatory; 11/85
It's a Bird, It's a Contest, It's the Echo/Cricket
Training Set; 11/85
Making Public Domain Software Available to the Visually
Impaired 3/86
Talking Apple Literacy Kit Available from APH; 12/86
The New TEXTALKER: Speed Barrier Falls to the Wayside;
(Version 3.1.2) 12/86
G
Games
Echo/Cricket Training Set; 11/85
Screenless Games Offered by Larry Baggett; 6/86
Screenless Games: Confessions by a Game Maker by Larry
Baggett; 7-8/86
Graphics, see Raised Graphics
H
Hardware Reviews
MBOSS-1 Brailler; 6-7/85
The Ohtsuki Printer Looks and Feels Like a Winner; 3/86
Omni Reader Preliminary Report; 6-7/85
The Slot-Buster; 6-7/85
Slot-Buster II; 12/86
Honeywell Minicomputers "Talk"; 3/86
Hot Dots
Hot Dots: Chatterbox (review); 5/86
Hot Dots Version 1.5 Now Available; 9/86
Two-Way Translation for the IBM-PC With "Hot Dots";
11/85
Humor
Kurzweil's Kooky Korporate Kulture; 11/86
Prepreface to A Computer Manual; 9/85
Ode to a Blind Computer User; 3/86
Sensory Overload
Introducing Sensory Overload, Inc.; 4/85
Items from Our Catalog; 4/86
Letter to Sensory Overload; 7-8/86
I
IBM-PC Interfaces:
Interacting with your Computer: Exploring the
Differences Between the Apple and the IBM-PC; 12/85-1/86
Interfacing the VersaBraille to the IBM-PC; 5/85
Disk-Based (sic) VersaBraille and IBM-PC Interface
Hints; 12/85-1/86
More on the IBM-PC to VersaBraille Interface; 8/85
IBM-PC to Tape-based VersaBraille Problem Solved; 3/86
IBM-PC Software
Introducing the Enhanced PC Talking Program; 2-3/85
Macros with Newkey: on the IBM-PC; 2/86
Input From Slot:
Using Input From Slot in Three VersaBraille Emergencies;
11/85
Application Notes: Cranmer Brailler Features; 6-7/85
K
Kurzweil Reading Machine
Connecting the VersaBraille to the KRM; 2-3/85
Interfacing the Apple and the KRM; 1/85
Kurzweil's Kooky Korporate Kulture; 11/86
Series 400 KRM Interfacing Update; 4/86
L
Labels, Printing; 2/86
Large Print
Determining if a Printer's Compatible with BEX's Large
Print; 12/85-1/86
Even Bigger Printing on the ImageWriter; 3/86
Samples 12/85-1/86
Tall Talk Screens; 4/86
LaserWriter: Love at First Print; 4/86
M
Machine-Readable Text
Four Cautions About Machine-readable Text; 4/85
Machine-Readable Text: Being Realistic; 6/86
Using Machine-Readable Text to Generate VersaBraille
Tapes; 4/85
Macintosh
Accessibility for the Blind
Best of Both Worlds; 5/85
inLARGE: Large Print Screen Access Software for the
Macintosh; 12/86
Limitations for the Visually Impaired; 5/85
Transferring Files Between the Apple 2 and the
Macintosh; 6-7/85
MBOSS-1 Brailler
BRAILLE-EDIT and 4 Braille Devices: Interfacing Update;
3/86
review; 6-7/86
Microbrailler: BRAILLE-EDIT and 4 Braille Devices:
Interfacing Update; 3/86
O
Ohtsuki Brailler
BRAILLE-EDIT and 4 Braille Devices: Interfacing Update;
3/86
Interfacing the Ohtsuki Braille Embosser with BEX; 12/86
The Ohtsuki Printer Looks and Feels Like a Winner
(review); 3/86
Omni Reader Preliminary Report; 6-7/85
P
Personal Brailler: BRAILLE-EDIT and 4 Braille Devices:
Interfacing Update; 3/86
Piracy
BEX Feature Nobody Wanted; 2/86
More About Pirates; 6/86
Piracy Comes to Lake Wobegon; 4/85
Pirates Got What They Deserved; 5/86
Printers
Determining if Your Printer's Compatible with BEX Large
Print; 12/85-1/86
Diagnosing Printer Problems; 9/86
Escape Codes, No Need to Run Away from; 11/85
Joys of Knowing Your Printer; 9/85
ProTERM Talking Terminal Program (2 reviews); 6/86
ProWORDS: A Program Worth Considering; 10/86
Publications
Apple Talk Begins Its Third Year; 10/86
BAUD Gets New Editors, New Focus; 10/86
Free Bible Cassettes for Blind and Visually Impaired;
10/86
NBP Publishes 3rd Computer Book; 5/86
Open-Apple Magazine Available on Disk; 4/86
Womyn's Braille Press Offers Feminist Literature on Tape
and in Braille; 9/85
R
Raised Graphics
Applications for Dot Graphics from the Cranmer; 7-8/86
BRAILLABLES: Bringing Art and Braille Together; 9/86
Producing Raised-Format Graphics with Commercial
Software; 3/86
Super Cranmer Graphics Package Update; 5/86
Raised Dot Computing
Avoids the Cutting Edge; 10/86
Fiscal Health Diagnosed; 5/85
History of; part 1, 10/86; part 2, 11/86; part 3, 12/86
Philosphy of Technical Support; 6-7/85
Reviews see Software or Hardware
S
Sensible Speller
Talking ProDOS Sensible Speller Now Available; 9/86
Talking Sensible Speller Gets Textalker; 11/86
Small Talk: Transferring Files Between Small Talk and
BRAILLE-EDIT; 4/86
Slot-Buster Voice Synthesizer
The Slot-Buster; 6-7/85
Slot-Buster II: Versatile New Multi-Function Card; 12/86
Software (see also BEX, BRAILLE-EDIT, Hot
Dots, and TranscriBEX)
Computer-Aided Instruction for Children in Grades 3-6;
12/85-1/86
Echo-Compatible Software Listing; 6-7/85
Educational Talking Software Available; 9/86
inLARGE: Large Print Screen Access Software for the
Macintosh; 12/86
Introducing the Enhanced PC Talking Program; February,
1985
It's a Bird, It's a Contest, It's the Echo/Cricket
Training Set; 11/85
Talking Checkbook Software; 12/85-1/86
Orientation Drills on Disk; 11/85
"ProTERM" Talking Terminal Program; 6/86
ProWORDS: A Program Worth Considering
Screenless Games Offered by Larry Baggett; 6/86
Self-help Courses on Apple Disk; 5/86
Software and Information Resources for Education; 8/85
Stat Talk:
A Talking Statistical Package for the Apple and How It
Grew; 5/86
Stat Talk Update; 6/86
Super Cranmer Graphics Package Update; 5/86
Talking Apple Literacy Kit Available from APH; 12/86
Talking ProDOS Users' Disk; 4/85
Tall Talk Screens: a Review; 4/86
Talking Spreadsheet Software Available as "Shareware";
7-8/86
Trax Pax; 7-8/86
Ultimate Banker Version 2.0; 6/86
"Ultimate" File Cabinet; 5/86
The Ultimate File Cabinet Speeds up; 9/86
Words: A New Talking Word Processing Program; 1/85
WORD-TALK: A Word Processing Program with a Different
Look (review); 11/86
Spreadsheets
Talking Spreadsheet Software Available as "Shareware";
7-8/86
What is a Spreadsheet?; 6-7/85
Super Serial Card:
Features & Quirks in the Latest TEXTALKER (Wild Slot
2 Bug); 8/85
Setting Invisible Switches on the Apple Super Serial
Card; 6-7/86
T
Tall Talk Screens: a Review; 4/86
Teaching:
Zen and the Art of Teaching Computers; 7-8/86
Notes on Teaching BRAILLE-EDIT; 3/85
Software Resources for Education; 8/85
BRAILLE-EDIT at the Tennessee School for the Blind;
6-7/85
Textfiles, Fun with; 10/85
Thiel Braille Embosser, VTEK Is Now Carrying the; 7-8/86
TranscriBEX: Computer-Assisted Braille Production with;
11/86
Transferring Files
Bank Street Writer Files; 2-3/85
From An AppleWorks Word Processing File to Braille With
BEX; 5/86
Transferring Files Between AppleWorks and BRAILLE-EDIT;
2-3/85
Transferring Files Between the Apple 2 and Macintosh;
6-7/85
Transferring Files Between the Small Talk and
BRAILLE-EDIT; 4/86
Using BEX to make Braille printouts of An AppleWorks
Database; 6/86
TXP: What It Does and How It Does It; 7-8/86
V
VersaBraille (tape-based, "original" or "classic")
Disk-Based (sic) VersaBraille and IBM-PC Interface;
12/85-1/86
Interfacing the VersaBraille to the IBM-PC; 5/85
More on the IBM-PC Interface; 8/85
IBM-PC to Taped-based VersaBraille Problem Solved; 3/86
Using Input From Slot in Three VersaBraille Emergencies;
11/85
VersaBraille Tips and Tapes; 2-3/85
VersaBraille II (disk-based)
Interfacing the VersaBraille II to BRAILLE-EDIT; 10/85
Corrective Notes on Using the Apple with the
VersaBraille II; 10/86
VersaPoint
RDC is Now Selling the TSI Braille Embosser; 11/86
VersaPoint Enhancements Available; 12/86
W
WORD-TALK: A Word Processing Program with a Different
Look (review); 11/86