Focusing on the use of Modern Equipment for Storing and Reading Braille Script as well as Establishment of National Data Carrier Centres.
The development of devices which would make it possible to store braille print digitally on compact cassettes in order to be recalled for reading, was already one of the topics on the technical conference in London in April, 19. The advantage of this procedure lies mainly in the possibility to have a large quantity of text on a single cassette. Some of those devices are already in the stage of practical test, so, for instance, the "Digi-Cassette" in France and the "Braillocord (BRS.76)" which was designed by the Heinrich-Hertz-Institut in Berlin and developed by the AID. There is, further on, the "Braillex", designed by Professor Boldt (Dortmund) which is said to come out in a series for testing in the course of this year. Supplied with a fast automatic station-scanner it is specially suited for the storage of dictionaries and files. I had the opportunity to test the BRS.76 thoroughly. Though its stage of development is remarkable there will be, no doubt...