Next Hirshson will convert the text to braille using Duxbury Translator software, and from that a metal plate will be embossed in braille, all of which is much easier than the days when braille transcription was done by key punch by hand.
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Over the years, manufacturers tried solutions ranging from joysticks to 10-key punch pads that produced different characters depending on which corner of a key was pressed to one-handed, five-key devices that required users to simultaneously press a different key combination for each letter of the alphabet.
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"It would scare the investing public if they knew how a simple, mistaken key punch could cause customers so much trouble, " said Jackie Coyne, senior vice president at Financial Network Investment Co . " With so much money, volume and paperwork flowing in all the time, there could be a lot of errors ."
