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Publication date: 1 March 1983

Eithne Cotter and Emily McCarty

The Kurzweil Reading Machine, which uses a special camera and a computer to transform printed matter into synthetic speech, is described. The author explains the machine's…

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The Kurzweil Reading Machine, which uses a special camera and a computer to transform printed matter into synthetic speech, is described. The author explains the machine's mechanism and how it is operated. Several of the limitations of the machine are mentioned. Problems associated with the Kurzweil machine are far outweighed by the services it provides for the visually impaired.

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Library Hi Tech, vol. 1 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0737-8831

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Publication date: 1 February 1984

Susan E. Bekiares

Citations are presented to recent sources, both books and articles, dealing with the problems of providing library services to the disabled, especially to the visually impaired…

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Citations are presented to recent sources, both books and articles, dealing with the problems of providing library services to the disabled, especially to the visually impaired, and to sources which describe technological equipment in detail. Also suggested are ways to identify libraries which use the equipment, in order to obtain evaluative information.

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Library Hi Tech, vol. 2 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0737-8831

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