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Burns, Patricia – National Braille Association Bulletin, 1983
Designed for braille transcribers and teachers of the visually handicapped, this document consists of three short articles about literary braille. The first article discusses the changes in the official literary braille code which became effective on October 1, 1980. The second article describes problems commonly encountered by students and…
Descriptors: Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Instruction, Guidelines
Brooks, Austin E. – 1982
The goal of this project was to devise new methods of producing tactile facsimiles of microscopic images for the blind and visually impaired biology students at the secondary and college level. The numerous raised-line images that were produced were assembled along with brailled and large print student instructions, audio cassette tapes describing…
Descriptors: Biology, Blindness, Braille, College Science

Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1986
This guide to selected juvenile fiction lists books available on disc, on cassette, or in braille in network library collections provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress. The books were selected for readers from preschool to second grade, and fall into the following categories:…
Descriptors: Audiodisks, Audiotape Cassettes, Beginning Reading, Blindness
Trask, Susan; And Others – 1980
The manual describes instructional materials for visually impaired children at the prereadiness, readiness, and academic levels (prekindergarten through primary grades). Chapter I, which surveys instructional materials, contains a listing of materials by curricular areas (including communication, math, and daily living); a listing of materials in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Braille, Career Education, Communication Skills
VSE Corp., Alexandria, VA. – 1981
A study conducted to determine user acceptability of cassette braille systems addressed three concerns: (1) user reaction to the basic concept of cassette braille, (2) the determination of the strong and weak features of the cassette braille machines currently available, and (3) the determination of those features of braille machines which would…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Comparative Analysis, Costs
Michel, Moshe – 1976
This thesis investigates the impact of computer Braille on blind professionals in terms of their need for, the availability of, and the cost of production of Braille transcriptions of serials. Related problems of an economic, legal, and educational nature are discussed as they impinge on the area of investigation. The thesis is in three parts:…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science
Kerr, Joseph Jackson, Jr. – 1974
This historical study describes the development of braille and non-braille devices designed to aid the blind in arithmetic computations. Several such devices are described and evaluated. The author concludes that documentation of the development of arithmetic devices is unavailable, especially about the nature of 17th and 18th century devices…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Blindness, Braille, Computers
Kershman, Susan M.; Hart, Verna – 1975
A hypothesized hierarchy of tasks in the development of tactual discrimination (an essential skill for reading) was tested in 60 blind primary level children. For five braille and five Optacon (optical to tactile converter) sequences, Ss were asked to identify the different stimulus from the four presented. Scalogram analysis was used to examine…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Sensory Aids Evaluation and Development Center. – 1970
The report describes and discusses the activities and programs of the Sensory Aids Evaluation and Development Center (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.) in the period between January 1, 1969 and February 28, 1970. It is written for an audience concerned with technological developments and approaches in sensory aids for the…
Descriptors: Braille, Computer Programs, Electromechanical Aids, Material Development
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Div. of Special Education. – 1969
Discussed in the handbook are the definitions and standards of eligibility for the special education program, the organization of the program (resource teachers, itinerant, multisystem, and multiply handicapped programs), and the problems if no special teacher is available. Information is given on special materials: registration of the legally…
Descriptors: Administration, Braille, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Education
Umezu, Hachizo – 1974
The monograph describes the development of verbal behavior over a 20-year period in two deaf Japanese children (5- and 7-years-old when first contacted by the author) with whom previous training attempts had failed. It is noted that prior training methods which had succeeded with Laura Bridgman and Helen Keller failed with these two children. A…
Descriptors: Braille, Case Studies, Deaf Blind, Exceptional Child Education
Kulicheva, N. – 1972
The booklet contains a brief description of recreation under the auspices of the All-Russia Society for the Blind in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and a number of photographs illustrating recreational activities. It is noted that approximately 24,000 blind persons participate in recreational activities located in club rooms near their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Braille, Dance, Dramatics
Levine, S. Joseph – 1968
The Recorded Aid for Braille Music is designed to teach instrumental music to visually handicapped students through the integration of tape recordings with established methods of reading braille music notation and playing by ear. Packages of instructional materials for clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, trumpet, and trombone contain the recording,…
Descriptors: Braille, Curriculum Development, Exceptional Child Education, Instructional Materials
Lindqvist, B., Ed.; Trowald, N., Ed. – 1972
Proceedings of a 3-day working conference in Stockholm on educational research for the visually handicapped are presented, with five reports on research activities conducted by participating groups and five introductory papers. Research projects reviewed include information on research activities at the Research Centre for the Education of the…
Descriptors: Braille, Conference Reports, Exceptional Child Education, International Programs
Kershman, Susan M. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1976
Provided in the second of two articles is further evidence of the validity of the author's sequence of tactual discrimination tasks for partial development of Optacon use readiness in young blind children. (IM)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education