Evolution of Reading Machines for the Blind: Haskins Laboratories' Research as a Case History.
| Number | 455 |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Drawer | 8 |
| Entry Date | 11/19/1999 |
| Authors | Cooper, F. S., Gaitenby, J. H., & Nye, P. W. 87. |
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| Publication | Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 21, 51-87. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0455.pdf |
| Abstract | Reading machines for the blind are now an accomplished fact. They are not as good or as widely available as eventually they must be, but they are demonstrably useful. Not many years ago the construction of such machines was only a goal. The main part of this account deals with work that was done by the Haskins Laboratories under research contracts funded by the Veterans Administration (VA). This research, which spanned two decades, played a significant role in achieving a better understanding and solution of the reading machine problem. However, the period of VA support is only the middle chapter of a longer story which begins at least 50 years earlier. |
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