- ' 21 - The Use of Digitally Stored Text for Braille Productio n J .M . Gil l Warwick Research Unit for the Blin d Summary. This paper describes some of the possibilities fo r utilising text stored digitally for automatically producin g contracted braille . It is suggested that this type of dat a input could greatly increase the availability of straight forward braille text . Introductio n In most countries the standard braille code uses contra ctions and abbreviations which are governed by a complex se t of rules . The use of cortractions typically results in a 26% reduction in the number of cells required, but it necess itates the use of skilled transcribers, or a computer, t o produce contracted braille . The prime motivation for automation , up to the present time, has been the shortage of skilled tran s cribers rather than the cost saving, either projected or actual . The automation of the translation process is not simpl e since contracted braille is a language and not a code ; fo r instance, the use of a contraction is sometimes governed b y pronunciation, meaning or the presence of particular
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The use of digitally stored text for Braille production
Gill, J. M.
Follow ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped
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Association for Computing Machinery – Jul 1, 1976
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