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Volume 1, Issue 3
1 March 1983
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Review Article| March 01 1983

Technology for the Handicapped: Kurzweil and Viewscan

Eithne Cotter;
Eithne Cotter
Reference Librarian at the Duane Library of Fordham University.
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Emily McCarty
Emily McCarty
Librarian for the Physically Impaired at Queens Borough Public Library and Assistant Editor of LHT.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-166X
Print ISSN: 0737-8831
© MCB UP Limited
1983
Library Hi Tech (1983) 1 (3): 63–66.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047515

The Kurzweil Reading Machine, which uses a special camera and a computer to transform printed matter into synthetic speech, is described. The author explains the machine's mechanism and how it is operated. Several of the limitations of the machine are mentioned. Problems associated with the Kurzweil machine are far outweighed by the services it provides for the visually impaired.

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