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RARE HTF VINTAGE ANTIQUE TELLATOUCH MID CENTURY DEAF-BLIND BRAILLE WRITER
$ 2993.76
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RARE HTF VINTAGE TELLATOUCH MID CENTURY DEAF-BLIND BRAILLE WRITER. The Tellatouch provides a means of communication between a sighted (or blind) person and a deaf-blind person who can read Braille. The keyboard has three rows of ten keys each and a standard Braille keyboard on the fourth row. At the rear of the machine is a round metal plate with the Braille cell in the center. The deaf-blind person rests a finger on the Braille cell. Pins rise to form the equivalent of the letter key that is struck.The Tellatouch was developed in the American Foundation research laboratory and resulted from one of the first AFB research projects, a major effort in the mid — 1940s to help deaf-blind people. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.