Some practical vocational aids for the blind

Author

Brabyn, John ; Gerrey, William ; Fowle, Thomas ; Alden, Albert ; Williams, Jay

Author_Institution

Smith-Kettlewell Eye Res. Inst., San Francisco, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1502

Abstract

Several electronic assistive devices for blind employees in a variety of job situations are described. These include a simple blood pressure gauge with audio-braille output, an electronic stud finder, a general purpose microprocessor-based talking job instrumentation system, and a generic speech module for adaptation of many different standard instruments so that they can be used by a blind operator. They are offered as examples of how vocational instruments and tools designed for sighted use can be made available to blind employees

Keywords

biomedical electronics; handicapped aids; audio-braille output; blind employees; blood pressure gauge; electronic assistive devices; electronic stud finder; general purpose microprocessor-based talking job instrumentation system; generic speech module; job situations; practical vocational aids; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Design engineering; Instruments; Prototypes; Read-write memory; Refrigeration; Sensor systems; Speech synthesis; Synthesizers; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96310

Filename

96310