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From: Gary.Greiner@f21.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Greiner)
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Subject: "Seeing colors - by the blind"
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Date: 24 Oct 90 04:35:13 GMT
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subject: Raised symbols provide photos for the blind
Source:  John Pierson, Wall Street Journal, 19 Oct 90, pg B1
 
Blind people may soon "see" color photographs
 
Touch Color Code, invented by Michael Minardi, photographer, Tampa,
Florida
- raised symbols signify colors and materials
- allows them to be identified by touch
- code can "stimulate the memory" of the 12 million Americans
  with lost or impaired sight
- can also help 1 million who were born blind
 
"The Journey" by Duane Damon is the first Touch Book
- story of a trip by hot-air balloon
- 10 color photographs chosen from among scenes requested by blind
  people .  balloon, bridge, mountain, rose, etc
- Printed in full color on vinyl
- Made tactile by deep-embossing and proprietary technologies
- Story is printed in oversize type and Braille
- An audio tape is also supplied
- From BOK Industries, LeRoy, N.Y.
- Joe McCarter, Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind
  . "It gives me the feeling of being a sighted person again"
 
<Inset shows symbols for Black, Orange, Blue, Water, Cloth, Wood>
  
Cheers,
              TM

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