A System for Converting Braille into Print

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 215-221

  Blenkhorn, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DATA PROCESSING; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; TACTILE READING AIDS;

BRAILLE SYSTEM;

SENSORY AIDS;

EID: 0029323499     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.392366     Document Type: Article

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