Electronic Braille Document Reader
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The Electronic Braille Document Reader project was to evaluate the feasibility of a device which could read Latin text and convert it to Braille pattern which could be read through a single Braille cell. A device which mimics the advantages of an e-book reader but suited to the needs of the blind.
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