December 30, 1911
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A Type writer for the Blind IN view of the highly developed sense of touch in blind persons, the idea naturally suggests itself to construct a typewriter especially for their use, with the keys marked with the characters in raised type. A machine of this character, shown in the accompanying illustration, is the invention of M. Cayzergues, of Paris. Needless to say, when the operator has A typewriter for the blind. become proficient, the marks upon tho keys are no longer necessary, and in fact the provision of raised characters upon the keys is the least of the special features required in a machine for the blind. What is needed is some arrangement whereby the operator is able to check up his work as he goes along and to correct any mi:-' ;
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