James Gashel Uses Paperless Braille Reading Machine at NASM

ID: SIA RU000371 [78-10320-17]

Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1978

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: December 1978, Image No. 78-10320-17

Summary

James Gashel, chief of the Washington office of the National Federation of the Blind, uses new paperless braille reading machine in the "Benefits from Flight" gallery at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM).
From Torch article: "The device stores information on a standard cassette and displays that information in braille on demand. The electronically encoded messages on the cassette tape are sent to a series of 12 braille cells on the outside of the machine. The braille dots are raised or lowered, enabling a blind person to read the material stored on the tape."

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: December 1978, Image No. 78-10320-17

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Black-and-white photographs

SIA RU000371 [78-10320-17]

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