Education and demonstration – Communication aids for the handicapped – Tactile reading aid
Patent
1997-02-11
1998-03-10
Apley, Richard J.
Education and demonstration
Communication aids for the handicapped
Tactile reading aid
434112, 434116, 434169, 434307B, G09B 2100, G09B 500, G06K 900
Patent
active
057253790
ABSTRACT:
A braille learning apparatus for use with a computer comprising a set of tactile flash cards, each individual card having a pattern of braille dots embossed on a surface of the card and two electrically connected contacts at a unique set of discrete spaced positions on the card with a preselected correspondence between the pattern of braille dots on the surface of the card and the selected positions of the contacts, and a tactile flash card reader capable of sensing the positions of the contacts on a card.
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Apley Richard J.
Barrigar Robert H.
Rovnak John Edmund
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