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French Braille, Large Print, and Voice Synthesis

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Computerised Braille Production

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Since the winter of 1965, when our Computer Programming course for the Blind started, considerable activities in the computer field on behalf of the blind has been carried out at the University of Manitoba.

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  1. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    D. Keeping, M. S. Doyle & P. A. Fortier

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  1. Royal National Institute for the Blind, 224-228 Great Portland Street, W1N 6AA, London, Great Britain

    Derrick W. Croisdale (Chairman) (Chairman)

  2. Universität Münster, Rechenzentrum, Einsteinstrasse 60, 4400, Münster, Germany

    Hermann Kamp

  3. Institut für Angewandte Mathematik, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität, Wegeler Strasse 6, 5300, Bonn, Germany

    Helmut Werner

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Keeping, D., Doyle, M.S., Fortier, P.A. (1983). French Braille, Large Print, and Voice Synthesis. In: Croisdale, D.W., Kamp, H., Werner, H. (eds) Computerised Braille Production. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68860-7_17

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