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Phonopticon aims to let blind read through sound
Dr F C Brown of the University of Iowa describes a device the phonopticon that converts light impressions into musical tones using selenium crystals and segmented wheels. The machine scans print with a box eye and headphones translate letters into tones, offering reading by sound and potential to distinguish pictures for the blind.
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F. C. Brown
University of Iowa
Brown
F.C. Bown
State Unversity of
Iowa
Herkele
California
Institute For the Deaf
Hugh Buckingham, Jr
University of California
Newell Perry
National Society For the Higher Education of the Blind
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