Braille Typewriter
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📝 Description
A specialized typewriter designed for producing Braille, a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or visually impaired. It typically features six keys, one for each dot in a Braille cell, plus a space bar, backspace, and line feed key.
💬 Quote Context
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she had a braille typewriter and that's how everything was done.
"🎬 Essentials: How Your Brain Functions & Interprets the World | Dr. David Berson
🏷️ Categories & Tags
Keywords:
Braille typewriter
Braille
assistive technology
blindness aid
🤖 Why This Product Was Mentioned
"The speaker, Dr. David Buren, tells a story about a woman who was blind from an early age and used a Braille typewriter for her executive secretarial position. This device was crucial to her work and daily life, highlighting how the brain can repurpose visual cortex for tactile processing, specifically Braille reading."
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