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Braille, the Magic Wand of the Blind

… See the full typewritten essay, Braille, the Magic Wand of the Blind, in the Helen Keller Archive Transcription "Braille, the Magic Wand of the Blind" If we should look for … profit, the choice would certainly fall upon Louise (sic) Braille. Not a century ago this humble blind Frenchman, a …

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… web site: <www.mindseye2.bigstep.com>. Braille displays Braille Voyager 44 and Braille Voyager 70 are the newest braille displays from …
AccessWorld January 2001

Accessible PDAs

… enter information through a standard QWERTY keyboard or a braille keyboard with six or eight keys and a space bar. … Some PDAs also provide tactile access through a refreshable braille display. The user enters information and control commands through a braille keyboard, using the machine's six braille keys and …

Braille's Code Demonstrated

… pupil, Francois Le Sueur. No date. Dufau's aversion to Braille's code and his prohibition on its use at the … by Joseph Guadet, his assistant, who supported the braille code. Guadet convinced Dufau to see the benefits of … During the dedication ceremony, Guadet demonstrated Louis Braille's code. First, a 15-page book entitled Account of …

The Next Generation: A Review of Personal Digital Assistants, Part 1

… digital assistants (PDAs.) In this article, we review the BrailleNote PK from Pulse Data and the Braille Hansone from HIMS Company. In the March 2005 issue, … than notetakers, the term often used to describe the old Braille 'n Speak. They all include, in a small package, …
Jim Denham, Jay Leventhal, Heather McComas
AccessWorld January 2005

Brailliant BI-14: HumanWare's Latest Step Toward Smart Braille Displays

… BI-14, I wondered if it might be the perfect next level in braille displays that I and many AccessWorld readers have … similar to that of comparable products in the refreshable braille arena, the Brailliant BI-14 is slim, sleek, and … leather case. As its name makes clear, it features 14 braille cells and 14 accompanying touch cursors. With the …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld September 2018

The Braille Must Go Through: A Review of Two Lower-Cost Braille Printers

… Braille embossers are known for their bulk and high price … sold by Sighted Electronics, and Freedom Scientific's Braille Blazer. Both are compact and portable. Both sell for … not cheap, but less than the price of any other braille printer. They print slowly, are loud, and have …
Lynn Zelvin
AccessWorld November 2002

The Next Generation: A Review of Personal Digital Assistants, Part 2

… two accessible personal digital assistants (PDAs): the BrailleNote PK from Pulse Data and the Braille Hansone (now known as the Braille Sense and distributed by GW Micro) from HIMS …
Jim Denham, Jay Leventhal, Heather McComas
AccessWorld May 2005

Early History

… Why Talking Books? Soldiers blinded in World War I reading brailled literature supplied by the Library of Congress and … One of AFB's first tasks was to promote a uniform braille standard in an effort to more effectively provide … portion of war veterans and the general public had mastered braille well enough to read braille books. Of those who …

In This Issue

… Editor's Page AccessWorld Recognizes the Birthday of Louis Braille Access to Braille Technology 2016: The Year of Braille by Jamie Pauls At the 31 st annual California State …
AccessWorld January 2017

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