Introducing the Baruch Computer Research Center for the Visually Impaired.
In the discussion so far today, we have concentrated on the capability of the Center to attend to the needs of persons in the learning environment. We have concentrated on the ways in which we can make information transparent to persons with impaired or no visual input. But the Center's tasks include an even larger purview, and I should like to touch upon these in my remarks. First, we are undertaking a national sample survey of the braille and large print reading public, in collaboration with the American Foundation for the Blind. The results will document the areas in which the current system of provision of braille and large print product is ill served, in quantity, variety, and depth of material. In fact, some of the operating goals and priorities of the Center will be informed, in part, by our findings. Naturally, we also intend the scholarly publication of what we discover. Second, there are at least three areas in which appli cation of computer techniques can be made which...