Computerized Braille Production: Today and Tomorrow (Third Workshop)

Edited by Croisdale, Derrick W., Herman Kamp, and Helmut Werner

Papers presented in London, 1979

Printed by Springer-Verlag, 1983

Table of Contents

• The Clovernook System; G. W. Mundy, Droege M. F. -- 1
• The Linguistic Part of Automatic Braille Translation at the Computing Center of M$unster University -- 10
• Automatic Braille Translation Implemented at the Computing Centre of Münster University; B. Eickenscheidt -- 19
• Applications of PIAF Program; B. Mathieu -- 28
• Computer-Aided Braille Transcribing; B. Hampshire -- 35
• Application in the Netherlands, Part I; M.J. Vliengenthart -- 52
• Application in the Netherlands, Part II; R. van Vliet -- 55
• Computerized Braille Production in Australian; J.W. Berryman -- 63
• Braille at the Tobia Centre (French); M Truquet -- 77
• New Production Systems in Braille Printing; M Harres -- 93
• Braille by Time Sharing System K.R. Ingham -- 102
• Computer Translation of Grade 2 Braille in the American Printing House for the Blind; R. L. Haynes, J. K. Siems -- 116
• A Double-Sided Braille Embosser; F. Grimmes -- 161
• Portuguese Braille by Computer; R. J. Machado -- 169
• The RNIB's Computerized Braille System; G.F.S. Bennett -- 190
• The Segment Translation Systems: A New Formualism for Computerized Contracted Braille Translation and Phonemization; W. A. Slaby -- 201
• French Braille, Large Print, and Voice Synthesis; D. Keeping, M. S. Doyle, P.A. Fortier -- 216
• Natural Language Assisted Processing: Project PIAF; E. Grandjean -- 234
• A Computerized System for the Production of Braille Music; J. Humphreys -- 241
• Braille Translation by Microcomputer; I. Davidson -- 255
• Braille Translation by Microcomputer and a Paperless Braille Dictionary; O. Sueda -- 272
• Braille from a Wordprocessing System; J.A.H. Snelders, H.A. Spanjerberg -- 290**
• Compositors Tapes and Library of Congress Braille Production; H.B. Paris jr, B.E. Miller -- 303
• The National Geographic Monthly Magazine: from Compositors Tape to Braille; W. M. Raeder -- 322
• Tactile Displays: Their Current State and A new Approach; P.W.P. Coleman -- 333
• A Project for the Computerized Production of Braille in Spain; A. Recuro -- 349
• Summary of Paper on Future of Braille; L.L. Clark -- 353
• Braille via the Selectric Typewriter; N. C. Loeber -- 355
• The Rose Braille Display Reader; St. E. Rose, J.B. Rose -- 363
• DOTMAN -- A Class of Formal Braille Systems; P. Duran -- 386
• A Brief History of Braille in Japan and an Actual Example of its Computerization; E. Haseqawa -- 402
• Participants Observations -- 410