Status of Documents being Sought

These are the documents that would help augment this collection. Any comments about this collection are welcome. david@duxsys.com

Various Dissertations

• A Real Time Braille Translation System, by Fred L. Luconi, S. M. Thesis, Electrical Engineering, June 1965
• Lichtman, S.A., "The Design of a High-Speed Slave Brailler for a Braille Converter Device" Thesis (S.B.), Dept. of Mech. Engr, MIT, May 1961.
• Eglinton, I. G., Preliminary Design of the Mechanical to Electrical Coding Conversion for a Typewriter to Braille Converter. Thesis (S.B.), Dept. of Mech. Engr., MIT, May 1961.
• Maskrev, R. H., Design and Construction of a Braille Keyboard for the High-Speed Electric Brailler. Thesis (S.B.), Dept. of Mech. Engr., MIT, May 1963.
• Kennedy, D.W., "A High Speed Braille Embossing System - 3 Volumes" Thesis (S.M.), Dept. of Mech. Engr., MIT, May 1963.
• Armstrong , A.E., "A Braille Telecommunication Terminal", Thesis (S.M.) Dept. of Mech. Engr., MIT, June 1965.
• Greiner W. E., "Development of Braille For Class Room Use", Thesis (M.S., Dept. of Mech. Engr. MIT, Feb 1968.
• Sturges, R. H. Jr., Design Modifications of the M. E. Brailler. Thesis (S.M.) Dept. of Mech. Engr., MIT, May 1969.
• Scott, D. B., Jr., System for the Production of Braille. Thesis (S.M.), Dept. of Mech. Engr. MIT, June 1969.

Proceedings and Report(s)

• Sensory Aids Evaluation and Development, Final Report to Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Contract SAV-103645, Sept. 1, 1964 to Sept. 30, 1965, 115 pp. October 31, 1965

European Conference Series

Between 1973 and 1990, there were 6 European conferences on Computerized Braille Production. The first conference was republished as SIGCAPH Newsletter #15 in March 1975 and is available from the ACM. The third conference was widely published, full scans are available as well. The other proceedings are quite rare.

• (not seeking, listed for completeness) Computerised Braille Production, Proceedings of the First International workshop in Münster Germany, 1973 edited by R. A. J. Gildea, G. Hubner, H. Werner, 1974
• Computerized braille production: proceedings of the international workshop in Copenhagen (Denmark), September 1974 By: Helmut Werner In: Schriftenreihe / Rechenzentrum, Universität Münster; no. 30, Rechenzentrum der Universität Münster, 1978, International Workshop on Computerized Braille Production; (Copenhagen, Denmark): 1974.09.
• (not seeking, listed for completeness) Computerised Braille Production: Today and Tomorrow (Third Workshop in London), edited by Croisdale, Derrick W., Herman Kamp, and Helmut Werner; papers presented in London, 1979, printed by Springer-Verlag, 1983.
• Computerised Braille Production, Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop in Toulouse, France, Sep. 1981
  
  
• Computerised braille production: proceedings of the 5th International Workshop, Winterthur, October 30 - November 1, 1985; [in memoriam Prof. Dr. Helmut Werner] Eds J.M. Ebersold, T. Schwyter and W. A. Slaby Eichstatt: Katholische Univ. 1986
• Computerised Braille Production, Proceedings of the Sixth International workshop in Leuven Belgium, 1990 edited by G. Francois and J. Engelen, 1990
• European Braille Conference : papers and recommendations / arranged by the European Regional Committee of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind in co-operation with Norges Blindeforbund (the Norwegian Blind Organization) in Oslo, 26-28 September 1973.
• The Louis Braille British Conference on Research into Reading and Listening by the Visually Handicapped, Girton College, Cambridge University (England), 6th-9th January 1975,

Other Papers

• Leffler, Lois C., "The Development of a Computerized Grade II Braille Translation Algorithm". Wescon Technical Papers 1971, Session 30. August 24, 1971 ,
• Boyles, Marion P., and LaGrone, Robert E., "Computer Braille Translation of the Atlanta School System". Wescon Technical Papers 1971, Session 30. August 24, 1971.
• Haynes, Robert L., An "Automated Braille Translation System" Wescon Technical Papers 1971, Session 30. August 24, 1971.
• Puckett, R. E., Enhancement of Grade 2 Braille Translation, Final Report, U. of Kentucky, 1971.

Books by Louis Braille

• Petit mémento d'Arithmétique À l'usage des commençants, contenant les nombres entiers et les fractions décimales, suivi de cent problèmes. By Louis Braille, Printed by l'Institution Royale des Jeunes Aveugles (1838).
• Éléments d'Arithmétique, Contenant les entiers et les fractions, suivis d'un appendice sur l'extraction de la racine carrée. By Louis Braille, Printed by l'Institution Royale des Jeunes Aveugles (1840).