It represents letters, numbers, and a few other symbols by braille dot patterns, but many symbols are represented by enlarged raised images of the ink-print symbol. Dotsplus output is produced by making tactile copies of graphic computer files produced by a number of standard graphics programs, word processors, and page setting compilers. Authoring tools for producing Dotsplus are being developed and will be released by the Science Access Project when completed. Any computer file that permits a global font change can be reproduced in Dotsplus with minimal editing. Dotsplus materials can be produced in bulk quantities by bulk graphic production methods described above.
Swell paper is presently the only straightforward means of making single copy Dotsplus printouts.