Talking books on disks
Mabel Eaglestone sorts long-play records in the CNIB Library's circulation department. Circa 1960 but typical of the previous decade.
Archives
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), ca. 1970s
CNIB staff member is training a client on the use of a CCTV which is projecting enlarged print onto a television screen from an attached scanner
Music Braille
Irène Côté, Home Teacher, Quebec Division is transcribing music into braille. Her right hand is creating a new braille sheet while her left hand reads an existing braille sheet.
Braille Embossing Machine (IBM)
Linked to an IBM punch card reading device, the braille embossing machine makes it possible to produce automatically the metal plates used to print braille books. The punched cards with complicated braille language are translated directly from the English text by an IBM 704 computer
Music Braille
Mr. R. Robitaille, Braille Music Transcription Service, transcribing from printed music with a manual brailler
Music braille
Robert Robitaille, in Montreal, Supervisor of the Music Transcription Service, transcribing from music in print to braille
Library Reading Room in 1918
Dr. Charles Carruthers and Miss Dorothy Mitchell in the Reading Room
Braille publishing in Toronto
The CNIB Library Braille press equipment, located in the centre of the publishing department at 146 Beverley Street.
Braille printing in Montreal
The braille printing shop in Montreal was located in the basement of 1181 Guy. Jacques Talbot in the foreground sits at the stereotype in 1969
Learning to read braille
Four blind boys and girls receiving instruction in braille in St. John's, Newfoundland