Computerised Braille Production: Today and Tomorrow

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
The Clovernook System....Pages 1-9
The Linguistic Part of Automatic Braille Translation at the Computing Center of Münster University....Pages 10-18
Automatic Braille Translation Implemented at the Computing Centre of Münster University....Pages 19-27
Applications of PIAF Program....Pages 28-34
Computer-Aided Braille Transcribing....Pages 35-51
Applications in the Netherlands....Pages 52-54
Applications in The Netherlands Part 2....Pages 55-62
Computerised Braille Production in Australia....Pages 63-76
Braille at the Tobia Centre....Pages 77-92
New Production Systems in Braille Printing....Pages 93-101
Braille by Time Sharing System....Pages 102-115
Computer Translation of Grade 2 Braille in the American Printing House for the Blind....Pages 116-160
A Double-Sided Braille Embosser....Pages 161-168
Portuguese Braille by Computer....Pages 169-189
The RNIB’s Computerised Braille System....Pages 190-200
The Segment Translation System: A New Formalism for Computerised Contracted Braille Translation and Phonemisation....Pages 201-215
French Braille, Large Print, and Voice Synthesis....Pages 216-233
Natural Language Assisted Processing: Project PIAF....Pages 234-240
A Computerbased System for Production of Braille Music....Pages 241-254
Braille Translation by Microcomputer....Pages 255-271
Braille Translation by Micro-Computer and a Paperless Braille Dictionary....Pages 272-289
Braille from a Wordprocessing System....Pages 290-302
Compositors Tapes and Library of Congress Braille Production....Pages 303-321
The National Geographic Monthly Magazine: From Compositor’s Tapes to Braille....Pages 322-332
Tactile Displays: Their Current State and a New Approach....Pages 333-348
A Project for the Computerised Production of Braille in Spain....Pages 349-352
Summary of Paper on Future of Braille....Pages 353-354
Braille via the Selectric Typewriter....Pages 355-362
The Rose Braille Display Reader....Pages 363-385
DOTTRAN-A Class of Formal Braille Systems....Pages 386-401
A Brief History of Braille in Japan and an Actual Example of Its Computerization....Pages 402-409
Back Matter....Pages 410-422