Disclosing the secrets of Braille reading-computer-aided registration and interactive analysis

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 49-59

  Breidegard, Björn ^a   Jönsson, Bodil ^a   Fellenius, Kerstin ^b   Strömqvist, Sven ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Braille education; Braille reading; Computer aided registration; Hand movements; Interactive analysis program; On line registration; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PEDAGOGICS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33845742057     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350601061976     Document Type: Article

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