Patent ID: 7234882

Claim:
A data producing method for a data producing apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a first Braille translation device which produces information processing Braille data for embossing information processing Braille on a processing sheet based on an ink-character array made up of one or more ink characters; a second Braille translation device which produces general Braille data for embossing general Braille, other than the information processing Braille, on the processing sheet based on the ink-character array, thereby producing from the inputted ink-character array Braille data made up of the information processing Braille data and/or the general Braille data, the method including: when designation of producing part or all of the inputted ink-character array in information processing Braille is made, producing the information processing Braille data with the first Braille translation device for the designated portion; and when designation of producing in general Braille is made, producing the general Braille data with the second Braille translation device for the designated portion.