The continuing quest for the "holy Braille" of tactile displays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8107, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Runyan, Noel H ^a   Blazie, Deane B ^a  

^a Center for Braille Innovation   (United States)

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EID: 80053559491     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.897382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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