title: A modified Perkins Brailler for text entry into windows applications.
abstract: In this paper, we describe how a Perkins Brailler can be adapted so that it can function as a keyboard to a personal computer. The paper describes the earlier work of others and the hardware and software of our system and concludes with indications of how the system may be improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computation, UMIST, Manchester M60 1QD, UK.
authors.forename: David Gareth
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pettitt
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blenkhorn
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D016288:Computer Terminals; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011932:Reading; D012682:Sensory Aids; D012984:Software; D014175:Translating; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D015443:Word Processing / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods