James Swail c. 1969 with punch-card reader
James Swail c. 1969 with punch-card reader
James Swail demonstrating one of the first models of his punch-card reader (c.1969)
James Swail et son lecteur à opération manuelle pour les cartes perforées (c.1969)
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
National Research Council of Canada, "Punched-Card Reader," Science/ Dimension Vol. 1, No.2 (June 1969): 22-25.
National Research Council Library and Archives
c.1969
Used with permission from the National Research Council Library and Archives
Ottawa, ON, Canada
National Research Council of Canada, "Punched-Card Reader," Science/ Dimension Vol. 1, No.2 (June 1969): 22-25.
A 1969 article from the NRC publication Science / Dimension pertaining to Swail.
A 1969 article from the NRC publication Science / Dimension pertaining to Swail and his development of a manually operated reader for punched cards to be used by computer programmers who were blind or partially sighted.
National Research Council
c.1969
Permission obtained from the archives of the National Research Council
Interview with Richard Marsolais, CNIB, Ottawa Office (25 January 2016)
An interview with Richard Marsolais, employee with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) on January 25th, 2016.
This interview is with Richard Marsolais, a long-time employee with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Conducted at CNIB's Ottawa office on the morning of January 25th, 2016, he reflects on his own experience working with and training others at the CNIB, as well as evolution of assistive devices for people who are blind or partially sighted in Canada.
Interview by Beth A. Robertson, Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
25 January 2016
Used with permission by Richard Marsolais, the CNIB and Carleton University's Research Ethics Office.
English
oral / audio interview
CNIB, Ottawa, ON Canada
Interview with Leona Emberson, CNIB, Ottawa Office (25 January 2016)
An interview with Leona Emberson at the CNIB office in Ottawa on 25 January 2016.
An interview with Leona Emberson, an employee with the Canadian Institute for the Blind (CNIB) at their Ottawa office. She reflects on her own experiences working with and training others at the CNIB, as well as the evolution of assistive technologies for people who are blind or partially sighted in Canada.
Interview by Beth A. Robertson, Carleton University's Disabilities Research Group
Canadian Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
25 January 2016
Used by permission from the Leona Emberson, the CNIB and Carleton University's Research and Ethics Office.
oral / audio interview
English
Ottawa, ON
Interview with Robert Bender, CNIB Ottawa Office (25 January 2016)
An interview with Robert Bender, employee of the CNIB at their Ottawa Office, conducted on 25 January 2016
An interview with Robert Bender, a long-time employee of the CNIB at their Ottawa office, conducted on 25 January 2016. He reflects on his experiences working with and offering assessments for people at the CNIB, as well as the evolution of assistive technologies for people who are blind or partially sighted in Canada from the 1980s to the present day.
Interview by Beth A. Robertson, Carleton University's Disabilities Research Group
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
25 January 2016
Used with permission by Robert Bender, the CNIB and Carleton University's Research Ethics Office
English
oral / audio interview
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hall braille-writer, CSTM artifact no. 1987.0262.001
19th - 20th century braillewriters and assistive technologies
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
Hall Inc., Canadian Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa
Carleton University's Disability Research Group
c.1892
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Slate & stylus, Canadian Printing for the Blind Fonds, CSTM archives, Ottawa, ON, Canada
braille technologies
Slate & stylus (c.1980) collected by Ernst Hamm for the Canadian Science and Technology Museum in 1986.
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1820s- present
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Picht braille-writer (c.1900), CSTM artifact no. 1987.0263.001
braille-writers and assistive technologies
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 and F.R. Wendt, and continued production until the 1930s
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
B.R. Herde and F.R. Wendt Co., Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation, Ottawa, ON
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1900
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Blista brailler, CSTM artifact no. 1987.0267.001
braille-writers and assistive technology
Blista brailler, first developed in Germany like the Picht brailler.
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
Blindenstudienanstalt, Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1962
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.
Anderson & Sorenson brailler, CSTM artifact no. 1987.0260.001
braille-writers and assistive technologies
Anderson & Sorenson braille-writer produced in Coppenhagen, Denmark
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson
Anderson & Sorenson, Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Carleton University Disabilities Research Group
c.1962
Photograph by Beth A. Robertson. Use with permission.