Braille Research Newsletters
& Braille Automation Newsletters
These files are all copyright American Foundation for the Blind and the RNIB
Prelim --
Editorial -- 2
Discussion Paper on the Desirability of a Joint Research Project on the Braille Code, Extending the Use of Braille 3 and the Improvement of Reading Skills Douce and M.J. Tobin -- 5 (pdf page 6)
The Delft Embosser -- 8 (pdf page 9)
Triformation Systems' Automatic Braille Translation Support Equipment -- 9 (pdf page 10)
International Register of Research on Blindness and Visual Impairment -- 11 (pdf page 12)
Research Project on Braille Printing by H.J. Ktippers -- 12 (pdf page 13)
Current Research at the Perceptual Alternatives Laboratory --13 (pdf page 14)
AFB Autobraille Project -- 14 (pdf page 15)
Some Thoughts on Future Braille Research P.W.F. Coleman --15 (pdf page 16)
National Computing Conference 1976 -- 20 (pdf page 21)
Publications -- 21 (pdf page 22)
Circulation list -- 24 (pdf page 25)
Introduction -- 2 (pdf page 5)
Present Personnel -- 3 (pdf page 6)
Transcription of Short Documents -- 3 (pdf page 6)
Braille Bank Statements -- 6 (pdf page 9)
Computer and Control Abstracts -- 7 (pdf page 10)
Psychological Abstracts -- 8 (pdf page 11)
Educational Abstracts -- 8 (pdf page 11)
Compositor's Tapes -- 9 (pdf page 12)
International Register of Research -- 9 (pdf page 12)
Braille Automation Newsletter -- 10 (pdf page 13)
Soviet Union -- 10 (pdf page 13)
Funding -- 10 (pdf page 13)
Publications and Reports -- 12 (pdf page 15)
Prelim --
Editorial -- 3 (pdf page 4)
The Use of Digitally-Stored Text for Braille Production by J.M. Gill -- 6 (pdf page 7)
Project Braille 2000 by R.P. Vickery, L. Helmer, and J. McCubbin -- 11 (pdf page 12)
Computer-Assisted Braille Production Capability; by P.R. Bagley -- 15 (pdf page 16)
A Feasibility Study on a Braille Transcription Service for Short Documents by J.M. Gill and J.B. Humphreys -- 19 (pdf page 20)
Rationalisation of Braille Book Printing by J.L. Douce -- 25 (pdf page 26)
A Guideline for the Improvement of Braille Production by Computer by P.R. Bagley -- 31 (pdf page 32)
Duxbury Systems -- 35 (pdf page 36)
Using Punched Cards for Automated Braille Embossing by N.C. Loeber -- 37 (pdf page 38)
KOBRL Numeric Code: An Inkprint Output for Computer Transcribed Braille by K.O. Beatty -- 39 (pdf page 40)
SNOBRL Transcription of Inkprint into KOBRL Numeric Code by K.O. Beatty -- 42 (pdf page 43)
SAMBA and RUMBA: Systems for Computer Assisted Translation of Braille Music; by W. Watkins and J. Siems -- 47 (pdf page 48)
Computers and Music Braille by P. Howard Patrick and Rosalind E. Patrick -- 52 (pdf page 53)
Computer Coding of Music Scores Using an On-Line Organ Keyboard by S.G. Gillies and S.J. Goldsack -- 62 (pdf page 63)
Translating DARMS into Musical Braille by B. McLean -- 65 (pdf page 66)
Computer-Assisted Transcription of Braille Music; by Sally Wilkinson -- 68 (pdf page 69)
Computerised Braille in the Netherlands by M.J. Vliegenthart -- 72 (pdf page 73)
A Braille Letterpress for the Blind by G.W. Ohlson and Frank A. Saunders -- 73 (pdf page 74)
French Embosser/Terminal -- 80 (pdf page 81)
The Maure "Smart" Terminal System -- 82 (pdf page 83)
Grade II French Automated Braille by J.M. Charpentier -- 85 (pdf page 86)
Braille Projects at Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse; by Monique Truquet -- 88 (pdf page 89)
Research at Munster University by H. Werner -- 90 (pdf page 91)
Automated Braille Research at the National Physical Laboratory by J. Howlett -- 91 (pdf page 92)
Recent Publications -- 92 (pdf page 93)
Revised or New Addresses -- 93 (pdf page 94)
P.W.F. Coleman "Some Thoughts on PL/1 Braille Translators"; All references to 191 and 192 should be 193 and 194.
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Editorial -- 2 (pdf page 3)
The Design of a Fast Braille Lineprinter; by IAN. Westland -- 3 (pdf page 4)
Some Thoughts on PL/1 Braille Translators; by P.W.F. Coleman -- 8 (pdf page 9)
Research Project on Braille Printing; by Kuppers H.J. -- 12 (pdf page 13)
Available Page Braille Embossers; by J.M. Gill -- 16 (pdf page 17) (MIT, Triformations, SAGEM)
New Braille System in England -- 30 (pdf page 31)
Compositor's Tapes in Czechoslovakia -- 30 (pdf page 31)
Publications and Reports -- 31 (pdf page 32)
Editorial -- 2 (pdf page 3)
Automatic Translation by Computer of Music Notation to Braille; by J.B. Humphreys -- 5 (pdf page 6)
Braille Books from Compositors' Tapes; by C. Brosamle -- 13 (pdf page 14)
A Note on Hybrid Braille Production; by P.W.F. Coleman -- 19 (pdf page 20)
The Expansion of Braille Production in Sweden; by B. Hampshire and S. Becker -- 26 (pdf page 27)
Plate Embossing Device by P.D. Gibbons and E.L. Ost -- 32 (pdf page 33)
Braille Systems by J.E. Sullivan -- 35 (pdf page 36)
An Analysis of Braille Contractions by J.M. Gill and J.B. Humphreys -- 50 (pdf page 51)
Using Redundancy for the Syntactic Analysis of Natural Language: Application to the Automatic Correction of French Text by J. Courtin -- 58 (pdf page 59)
TOBIA -- 60 (pdf page 61)
Congress in Toronto -- 60 (pdf page 61)
Recent Publications and Reports -- 61 (pdf page 62)
Address List -- 63 (pdf page 64)
Editorial 2 (pdf page 3)
The Introduction of Braille Produced by Computer at The Canadian national Institute for the Blind by D.A.G. Brown -- 4 (pdf page 5)
The Efficiency of Braille as a Medium of Communication by J.E. Buckley -- 11 (pdf page 12)
The Braille Press and Its Future by L.L. Clark -- 26 (pdf page 27)
History and Status of the Computer Generated Braille Project; by J. Geil -- 35 (pdf page 36)
An Alternative Approach to Semi-Automatic Brailling; by D.J. Daily -- 45 (pdf page 46)
Argonne System for Braille Publication; by A. Grunwald -- 62 (pdf page 63)
The BRS 76 Braillocord System -- 74 (pdf page 75)
TSPS Braille Display by G.F. Dalrymple -- 78 (pdf page 79)
Electronic Aids for the Blind at The Polytechnical University of Madrid by E. MuSoz, A. Garcia, C. Lopez and m R. Martinez -- 82 (pdf page 83)
World Council for the Welfare of the Blind Committee on Computerised Braille Production by D.W. Croisdale -- 85 (pdf page 86)
Improvements to the SAGEM Embosser; by B. Rottier -- 87 (pdf page 88)
Braille Burster -- 87 (pdf page 88)
Braille Microprocessor Translation Program -- 88 (pdf page 89)
The BRAILLEX System; by F.H. Papenmeier -- 3 (pdf page 4)
Research Perspectives on the Braille Code; by L.L. Clark -- 18 (pdf page 19)
Photographic Generation of Tactile Displays for the Blind. by H.J. Caulfield -- 23 (pdf page 24)
Bibliography on Braille Automation and Related Research; J.M. Gill -- 25 (pdf page 26)
Braille: A Bilingual (French/English) System for Computer-Aided Braille Translation; P.A. Fortier, D. Keeping & D.R. Young -- 36 (pdf page 37)
International Register of Research on Blindness and Visual Impairment -- 37 (pdf page 38)
European Conference of Directors of Braille Printing Houses and Braille Libraries -- 38 (pdf page 39)
Baruch Computer Research Center for the Visually Impaired; by L.L. Clark -- 2 (pdf page 4)
Braille Readership in the United States and Distribution of Braille Materials; by R.H. Evensen -- 10 (pdf page 12)
Role of Talking Books and Their Influence on the Demand of Braille Literature; by E. Agueev -- 17 (pdf page 19)
Effective Forms and Methods of Lending Literature in Braille and on Sound Carriers; by V. Omasta -- 28 (pdf page 30)
From the Ink Print Book to the Braille Book, Difficulties of the Process; by A. Maso Simon -- 36 (pdf page 38)
Report on Experiences about Modern Printing Techniques under Consideration of Traditional Methods; P. Schneider-Maunoury -- 50 (pdf page 52)
Possibilities for Stimulating Learning and Reading Braille; by J. Lorimer -- 57 (pdf page 59)
Use of Modern Equipment for Storing and Reading Braille Script as well as Establishment of National Data Carrier Centres; by R. Nicolussi -- 66 (pdf page 73)
Conclusions and Recommendations from the European Conference of Directors of Braille Printing Houses and Braille Libraries -- 71 (pdf page 77)
Computer Aided Processing for Natural Language - PIAF System; by E. Grandjean and B. Mathieu -- 75 (pdf page 84)
Zoltan Braille Embosser; by G. Hellstrom and B. Jacobsson -- 82 (pdf page 84)
Computer Assisted Book-Lending System for the Blind; by R.v. Vliet -- 88 (pdf page 90)
Spelled-Speech Terminals; by D.B. Blazie -- 105 (pdf page 107)
Prelim -- (pdf page 01)
Editorial -- 1 (pdf page 03)
The Future of Braille; by Leslie L. Clark -- 5 (pdf page 07)
Prelim -- (pdf page 01)
The Development of Automatic Braille Translation in Germany in Recent Years; by B. Eickenscheidt, P. Janssen, Ho Kamp, W.A, Slaby, H. Werner -- 1 (pdf page 04) similar in CBP #3 (London)
Computerised Braille Music Production using CIMBAL by J. Humphreys -- 6 (pdf page 09) also in CBP #3 (London)
New Production Systems in Braille Printing; by M. Harres -- 16 (pdf page 19) also in CBP #3 (London)
Microprocessor Braille Translator; by John M. Gill -- 25 (pdf page 28)
Computerised Braille Production in Australia; by J.W. Berryman -- 29 (pdf page 32) also in CBP #3 (London)
Dialogue with a Computer; by B. Causse, G. Gouarderes, M. Truquet -- 42 (pdf page 45)
A Double-Sided Braille Embosser; by K. Grimnes -- 47 (pdf page 50) also in CBP #3 (London)
Interpointing of the LED-120; by J. Matherly -- 56 (pdf page 59)
Full-Page Paperless Braille Display; by L. Rose -- 59 (pdf page 62) also in CBP #3 (London)
Recent Reports and Publications -- 61 (pdf page 64)
The National Geographic Monthly Magazine, From Compositor's Tape to Braille by W.M. Raeder -- 1 (pdf page 4)
A Microcomputer-based Braille Converter; by B.S. Silverman -- 4 (pdf page 7)
A Study of Braille Contractions; by J.M. Gill -- 12 (pdf page 15)
An Adaptive Braille Transcription System, Progress Report by J.B. Humphreys -- 73 (pdf page 76)
Recent Publications and Report -- 81 (pdf page 84)
Index to BRN Nos. 1-10 -- 82 (pdf page 85)
Guest Editor EDITORIAL -- 1 (pdf page 3)
SOME FUNCTIONS OF READING BY HAND; by P.W. Davidson, D. Valenti, S. Reuter, M.W. Kettenmann, R.N. Haber, and S. Appelle -- 4 (pdf page 6)
THE RELATIVE TANGIBILITY OF LETTERS AND BRAILLE; J. Loorais -- 6 (pdf page 8)
A WORD SUPERIORITY EFFECT WITH BRAILLE CHARACTERS; L.E. Krueger -- 10 (pdf page 12)
BRAILLE LEARNING: FIRST EXPERIMENTS; S.E. Newman and A.D. Hall -- 11 (pdf page 13)
PATTERNS: THE PRIMARY BRAILLE READING PROGRAM; H. Caton -- 14 (pdf page 16)
BRAILLE RESEARCH IN THE PERCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES LABORATORY; E. Foulke -- 17 (pdf page 19)
SRF TAL & PUNKT; B. Hampshire -- 21 (pdf page 23)
THE BRAILLE CHORAL MUSIC AND "ENSEMBLE" SCORE; C. Eldridge -- 23 (pdf page 25)
PAPERLESS BRAILLE DEVICES; J.M. Gill -- 26 (pdf page 28)
INDEX TO BRAILLE RESEARCH NEWSLETTERS Nos. 1-11 -- 34 (pdf page 36)
Editorial; L.L. Clark -- 1 (pdf page 3)
Microcomputers, VIPs, and the Communication Network; E. Foulke -- 2 (pdf page 4)
Tangible Graphics; S.J. Lederman -- 18 (pdf page 20)
Stereo Copier -- 21 (pdf page 23)
Establishing a Small Braille Production Centre; J.M. Gill and L.L. Clark -- 22 (pdf page 24)
Two Devices with Braille Output; J.C. Swail -- 31 (pdf page 33)
The Baruch College Tactual Graphics Facility: A Progress Report; L.L. Clark and M. Balsam -- 34 (pdf page 36)
Braille to Print Translator -- 37 (pdf page 39)
Computer-controlled Braille Embossers; J.M. Gill -- 38 (pdf page 40)
Touch Colour; B. Elder and R. Tonelli -- 43 (pdf page 45)
The Virginia Way - R.E.B; CM. Gilbertson -- 46 (pdf page 48)
A New Braillewriter and Business Application System; T.F. Doyle -- 49 (pdf page 51)
A Note on the RNIB Standard for Giant Dot Braille; P.W.F. Coleman -- 52 (pdf page 54)
Recent Publications -- 54 (pdf page 56)
Cognitive Processes in Braille Reading; L Pring -- 2 (pdf page 3)
Telebraille: The New Telecommunication System for Deaf-Blind People; T Savolainen -- 8 (pdf page 9)
Computer Assisted Instruction of Braille Transcription; S V Ponchillia -- 11 (pdf page 12)
Tactile Diagrams; E S Ricker -- 13 (pdf page 14)
A New CAM System for Tactual Graphics; P Fries -- 14 (pdf page 15)
Braille Stereotypes and Duplicators; J M Gill -- 18 (pdf page 19)
Reading Comprehension in Two Tactile Media - Braille and the Optacon; R C Lindecker -- 22 (pdf page 23)
Braille Translation Programs; J M Gill -- 33 (pdf page 34)
Braille to Print System; N Wilson -- 36 (pdf page 37)
Braille Output from Viewdata and Teletext; L Limmer -- 38 (pdf page 39)
Braille in Quebec; J C Swail -- 46 (pdf page 48)
Reading Machine for the Blind with Tactile Output Disc Unit; T C R S Fowler -- 48 (pdf page 49)
Users' VersaBraille System Experiences; J Beard -- 50 (pdf page 51)
Braille Learning: Further Experiments; by S E Newman & A D Hall -- 2 (pdf page 3)
Asymmetries in Spatial Resolution at the Fingertip; by E C Lechelt -- 5 (pdf page 6)
Braille Services of the South African Blind Workers Organisation; E J J Kruger -- 7 (pdf page 8)
HX-20 with Braille Devices; D Weygand -- 9 (pdf page 10)
Document Reading over the Telecommunications Network; R Stenius and J I Lindstrom -- 13 (pdf page 14)
Learning and Immediate Memory for Braille Symbols, Implications for Training; S E Newman & A D Hall -- 16 (pdf page 17)
Haptic Pictures: How Blind People Judge their Effectiveness and Sophistication; J M Kennedy -- 18 (pdf page 19)
Coding Prefences by Young Braille Readers; S Millar -- 19 (pdf page 20)
Haptic Perception/Identification of 2- and 3-Dimensional Patterns Research and Application; S J Lederman & R L Klatzky -- 20 (pdf page 21)
Materials for Mentally Retarded Blind Children; L Nielsen -- 21 (pdf page 22)
New Braille Devices -- 22 (pdf page 23)
Recent Publications -- 26 (pdf page 27)