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X-ray apparatus (c.1940s), Artifact No. 1987.2154.001, CSTMC, Ottawa ON. Photograph taken by Beth A. Robertson, 28 June 2017.

A model of x-ray that may have been used in the medical screening of displaced people and migrants in the 1940s and early 1950s. Artifact No.…

Talking ATM RBC orientation kit, part 2, c.1997

This is part 2 of the RBC orientation kit for users of the talking ATM, designed by T-Base Communication, c.1997, with c.d. alongside

Swail Sensor, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0809.001

A hand-held light sensor developed by James Swail at the National Research Council of Canada in 1966.

Swail Multimeter, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0825.001

A prototype of an accessible multimeter

Swail card reader, model 5, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0821.001

The fifth model of a punch card reader invented in 1970 by James Swail of the NRC to assist computer programmers who were blind or partially sighted.

Swail card reader, model 2, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0818.001

One of the initial models of a punch-card reader invented in 1968 by James Swail of the NRC to aid computer programmers who were blind or partially…

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…

Swail Ammeter, CSTM artifact no. 1985.0826.001

An accessible ammeter, first manufactured by Bach-Simpson and adapted by Swail as part of the NRC program for developing assistive devices for people…

Swail "Talking Clock", CSTM artifact no. 1985.0824.001

An accessible clock developed by James Swail in 1975 at the NRC that converted digital display through a auditory and tactile P.C. board.

Street signs at the corner of Bank and Queen, near RBC

This is an image of the street signs at the corner of Bank and Queen, near the RBC Branch (99 Bank) where the world's first talking ATM was installed…