• DocumentCode
    1213958
  • Title

    An Optoelectronic Device to Read and Spell Braille-Braillect

  • Author

    Lachiver, Gérard ; Vachon, Jean-Pierre ; Seufert, Wolf D.

  • Author_Institution
    Unitéde Recherche en Biophysique Appliquée, Département de Biophysique, Facultéde Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    560
  • Lastpage
    563
  • Abstract
    We report on design and performance of a hand-held probe that recognizes the point patterns of braille, and on the associated circuitry that pronounces the characters read.
  • Keywords
    Density functional theory; Displays; Electrodes; Optoelectronic devices; Psychology; Quantization; Recruitment; Skin; Vibrations; Visualization; Biomedical Engineering; Blindness; Electronics, Medical; Humans; Reading; Sensory Aids;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1984.325427
  • Filename
    4121897