Author: Daniel J. Daily

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Operating System: OS/8

Source Language: PAL-8

Memory Required: 4K

Special Hardware Required: ASR33 Teletype, modified (see write-

up)

Abstract: BRAILE is a PAL-8 program which embosses Grade II

braille, from a paper tape of English text prepared by a braillist using a

teletype modified in the manner described by Anderson and Rogers in

the article entitled, "An Inexpensive Braille Terminal Device" in the June

1968 Communications of the ACM. The semi-automatic involves the

following steps:

1. A braillist marks some special symbols in the text to be

translated into braille;

2. A typist, who needs no special knowledge of braille creates a

paper tape from the marked text directly or with the SYMBOL-

IC EDITOR program;

3. The teletype is modified in the manner described above;

4. BRAILE is run using the paper tape from step 2 as input.

Media Price Code: B4, E6, G26

Catalog: August 1978