I haven't heard about this development before.
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>"Taylor, Tommy" wrote:
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Andrews, Archie
>> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 4:45 PM
>> > To: Corley, Jack; Taylor, Tommy; Dorsey, Denis
>> > Subject: From ACM
>> >
>> > "Words Felt Large"
>> > Philadelphia Inquirer (04/19/01) P. F1; Woodall, Martha
>> > Scott Stoffel, a Temple University student majoring in electrical and
>> > computer engineering, has developed a computer-automated Braille system.
>> > The 32-year-old Stoffel, who is legally blind and deaf, got the idea for
>> > the device after considering how difficult it was for him and others
>with
>> > similar sensitivity problems to read Braille and how people who are
>unable
>> > to move their hands back and forth had no other options for reading
>> > Braille. Stoffel's computer-aided Braille system makes use of
>large-print
>> > Braille six pins, which are raised and lowered to represent the dots of
>> > Braille combinations, and a stationary monitor that scrolls in place.
>The
>> > system's software moves the six pins, which are push-type tubular
>> > solenoids, in the proper sequence to create the individual Braille
>> > letters. Stoffel, with the assistance of the chair of the electrical and
>> > computer engineering department at Temple, John J. Helferty, is
>completing
>> > a prototype of the device, and the Helen Keller National Center for
>> > Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults in Sands Point, N.Y., plans to test it this
>> > summer. He plans to create another version of the computer-automated
>> > Braille system and sell it to a company that makes Braille devices. The
>> > current version is designed for use with a PC or laptop, but the next
>> > version could be wireless and could work with personal digital
>assistants.
>> > Stoffel says the system could sell for less than $1,000, including
>labor,
>> > compared to the $10,000 cost of electronic Braille readers that attach
>to
>> > PCs.
>> >
><http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/04/19/tech_life/BRAILLE19.htm
>> > >
Braille is the solution to the digital divide.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 <lras@loc.gov>
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