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- OBJECT TYPE
- IMPACT/BRAILLE/EMBOSSING HEAD/FRICTION FEED
- DATE
- 1983–1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0205.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Telesensory Systems Inc.
- MODEL
- BT-120
- LOCATION
- Mountain View, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 38.0 cm
- Width
- 28.5 cm
- Height
- 14.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Telesensory
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Mountain View
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1983/84 TO 1987
- Canada
-
PART OF COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR BRAILLE TRANSCRIPTION DEVELOPED BY ROLAND GALARNEAU OF HULL, PQ. GALARNEAU, WHO WAS VISUALLY IMPAIRED FROM BIRTH, FOUNDED NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONCOVERTO-BRAILLE CYPIHOT-GALARNEAU SERVICES IN 1970. SCBCG USED EQUIPMENT GALARNEAU DEVELOPED TO PRODUCE BRAILLE BOOKS. - Function
-
A COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICE: A SPECIALIZED COMPUTER IS USED TO CONVERT ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS INTO BRAILLE SYMBOLS, WHICH ARE PRINTED AS EMBOSSED BRAILLE CHARACTERS ON PAPER BY THE PRINTER - Technical
-
REPRESENTS FIRST GENERATION OF BRAILLE PRINTER DEVELOPED BY GALARNEAU, PART OF HIS COMPUTERIZED PRINTING SYSTEM WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED PRODUCTION OF BRAILLE TEXTS; PRIOR TO THIS, BRAILLE HAD TO BE MECHANICALLY PUNCHED BY OPERATOR. IN 1982, HE SOLD RIGHTS TO TELESENSORY, WHO BEGAN PRODUCING IT IN 1986 AS VERSAPOINT PRINTER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED ON UNDERSIDE BY HAND 'MODEL BT-20/ BT:0013'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED SIDES & PARTS/ MOTTLED BLUE METALLIC PAINTED BODY/ RED, BLACK, & BLUE SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK FEET
- Decoration
- N/A
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Telesensory Systems Inc., Printer, between 1983–1984, Artifact no. 1994.0205, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0205.001/
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