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BRAILLE TABLET [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
DEF

A hand instrument for writing braille consisting of metal plate pitted with the six points of the braille cell and another metal plate above it with openings through which a stylus is pressed down into the pits one at time to emboss points in desired position on paper placed between the plates.

Key term(s)
  • braille handslate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
DEF

Tablette de métal creusée de sillons parallèles et munie d'une réglette percée de plusieurs rangées d'ouvertures rectangulaires «qui fournissent à l'utilisateur, pour la formation de chaque lettre, un champ aux limites régulières et aisément tangibles».

Spanish

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