Braillewriter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1962
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0266.001
- MANUFACTURER
- American Braille Press Inc.
- MODEL
- JAUNY BRAILLE WRITER
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal brailler & bottom board./wood keyboard and box.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 53.0 cm
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Height
- 12.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- American Braille
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Used in Canada to augment production of French braille. - Function
-
Translates alphanumeric keyboard into braille dots for blind. - Technical
-
Models based on prototype may one day be fulfilling the demands of braille readers in many languages throughout the world. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Bottom board reads: 'MADE BY AMERICAN BRAILLE PRESS INC. JAUNY BRAILLE WRITER, NEWYORK - PARIS' painted in gold.
- Missing
- From CA of 12/16/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - .1 missing two rails (possibly paper rest) from rear; .2 missing knob from proper right end of roller, several pieces of case.
- Finish
- Grey metal brailler/black metal bottom board/natural wood inside/wood covered with buckram paper outside the box.
- Decoration
- N/A
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American Braille Press Inc., Braillewriter, circa 1962, Artifact no. 1987.0266, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0266.001/
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