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Bedtime stories from a computer promise new hearing for the blind
In Washington Alice Barber, aided by a Kurzweil Reading Machine, gains independent access to printed material at $30,000 per unit. Barber, nearly blind from metal poisoning, uses the device with a computer terminal to read and edit text aloud. The system speaks 250 words a minute and relies on 1,000 pronunciation rules.
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Washington
Alice Barber
Ted
Barber
Army
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Deane Blazie
Maryland Computer Services Inc
National Society
National Eye Institute
MIT
Bernice Broyde
Kurzweil Computer Products
Xerox Corp