FOOLPROOF WRITING METHOD.—An Australian telephonist, who lost her sight when a child, has invented a simple device to enable blind people to write by hand. It is a 13-inch by 9-inch clip-board which holds a sheet of foolscap writing paper. On each side of the board are 33 notches and a metal bar with quarter-inch square apertures spans its width, confining the movement of the writer’s pencil to the square.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32860, 8 March 1972, Page 13
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70FOOLPROOF WRITING METHOD.—An Australian telephonist, who lost her sight when a child, has invented a simple device to enable blind people to write by hand. It is a 13-inch by 9-inch clip-board which holds a sheet of foolscap writing paper. On each side of the board are 33 notches and a metal bar with quarter-inch square apertures spans its width, confining the movement of the writer’s pencil to the square. Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32860, 8 March 1972, Page 13
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