Braillewriters

Introduction to Braillewriters

A braillewriter is a machine used to write braille.

Students at a school for the visually impaired in Tanzania working on their Braille Typewriters.

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Digital Resources for the Study of Braillewriters: Instruction Manuals

Braillewriting Dot by Dot: In One Volume

Braillewriting Dot by Dot: In One Volume is an instruction manual in the writing of braille using both slate and stylus and briellewriters. It was written by researchers Eleanor Pester and Fred Otto and tangible materials designer Tom Poppe and published by the American Printing House for the Blind in 1995. The manual is targeted at teachers for students who are visually impaired and includes 10 lessons on the Perkins Braillewriter:

Lesson 1: Introducing the uses of the braillewriter and the numbering of dot positions on the braillewriter

Lesson 2: Anatomy of the braillewriter and the loading and unloading of the braillewriter with paper and line spacing

Lesson 3: Correct fingering on the braillewriter

Lesson 4: Creating spacing between letters

Lesson 5: Typing words and phrases

Lesson 6: Correcting errors by backspacing and adding dots

Lesson 7: Correcting errors by erasing dots

Lesson 8: Creating spacing and columns

Lesson 9: Typing numerals

Lesson 10: Review

Digital Resources for the Study of Braillewriters: Virtual Museums

The Typewriter Museum

The Typewriter Museum is a private Finnish museum collection boasting over 150 calculators and 300 typewriters, which are divided into 102 total collections. One collection features 10 braille typewriters that were manufactured between 1821 and 1989 and collected from 6 countries. All of their collections can be viewed virtually.

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