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- Collection: Canadian Science and Technology Museum, Collections, Library and Archives
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Swail calculator, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0822.001
An accessible calculator, designed and adapted by James Swail of the NRC around 1975 that converted the visual digital display through an auditory and tactile board.
CNIB Instructions for Repairing a Perkins Brailler, Introduction, c.1989
A manual intended to help users repair a Perkins brailler, written by Howard Knapman, CNIB volunteer
CNIB Instructional Specifications on How to Repair a Perkins Brailler, c.1989
Specifications of a Perkins brailler, included within a CNIB training manual on how to repair a brailler at home.
Image of Roland Galarneau, c.1970
An image of Roland Galarneau, c.1970, founder of Cypihot-Galarneau Services Co.
Roland Galarneau Interview, c.1987
An interview with Roland Galarneau on the eve of his retirement about his technical inventions and life experiences.
Slate & stylus, Canadian Printing for the Blind Fonds, CSTM archives, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Slate & stylus (c.1980) collected by Ernst Hamm for the Canadian Science and Technology Museum in 1986.
Picht braille-writer (c.1900), CSTM artifact no. 1987.0263.001
Picht braille-writer c.1900, first developed by Oscar Picht, director of the Provincial School for the Blind in Bromberg, Germany, and later director of the State Blind Institute Berlin-Steglitz. First manufactured in 1899 by the company B.R. Herde…
Blista brailler, CSTM artifact no. 1987.0267.001
Blista brailler, first developed in Germany like the Picht brailler.
Anderson & Sorenson brailler, CSTM artifact no. 1987.0260.001
Anderson & Sorenson braille-writer produced in Coppenhagen, Denmark