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It is believed that for the newly blind, to use large size Braille is more effective than to use that of standard size in practising Braille recognition. On the other hand, it may be preferable to use small size Braille for young blind children. Taking account of these facts, we have developed a “size-variable Braille printing system”, which can produce Braille of arbitrary size on swell paper (micro-capsule paper). Our system takes, as input data, the same input data as that for Braille printers and produces a LATEX file to typeset Braille image as output data. This system can be applied to more general representations of Braille text since it is possible to draw symbols other than Braille on the paper. In this research, two-dimensional expression of fractions in Braille is presented.
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Hara, S., Kawamitsu, R., Kusunoki, K., Sato, H., Fujiyoshi, M. (2002). Braille Printing System. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_116
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