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