Perkins brailler
A Perkins brailler with hands on the keys
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Perkins brailler
The Perkins Brailler was released in 1951 by the Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, Massachusetts. Enclosed entirely in aluminum plate, with keys projection only slightly, the braille writer is very sturdy and easy for adults and children to use. .
Orbit braille reader
SoundScriber Electronic Disc Dictator & Transcriber
Picture from the cover of the SoundScriber instruction manual
Optophone – Barr and Stroud Ltd., Glasgow
Printed letters are translated by the Optophone into a sound alphabet, which can be readily learned. This is accomplished by producing in a telephone receiver series of musical notes forming tunes or musical motifs, representing the various letters as these are passed over by the instrument in traversing a line of printing. (1928)
Readophone, Readophone Foundation (USA)
The closed Readophone casing is fashioned to look like the covers of a book. and the page edges including mock thumb cuts or notches on the front edge
Readophone, Readophone Foundation (USA)
An open Readophone showing the wax disc in place on the turntable. The box containing the turntable and mechanics is fashioned to look like a book with the 'spine' forming the front of the lid and covering the speaker grill and operating knobs.
Child reading a DAISY book
DAISY: Digital Accessible Information System
Two examples of devices for delivering accessible, navigable audio books: on CDs or on a smart phone with an app that supports DAISY navigation
Spinoza .. the bear who speaks from the heart (TM)
The talking bear from CNIB Library showing the cassette tape player that hides in its stomach.