- Accession Number:
- 2013.8.58
- Description:
- Prototype of an educational aid designed to teach braille learners about the use of a braille slate; two same-sized rectangular pieces of clear lucite fastened together by six metal screws (one at each corner, one at top center, one at bottom center) to create frame; small holes, mostly 1/8" in diameter, milled through the frame to create two rows of braille cells (six holes per cell), nine cells on the top row and six on the bottom; holes accomodate movable pegs of similar size that can be pushed down to make braille dot patterns, which are read by turning the frame over; pegs secured in the frame by yellow tubes fitted into tunnel-like openings located vertically between the holes of the cells; only four cells, at far right of top row, contain pegs; letter "A" is handwritten on the front of the prototype, at top center.
- Height:
- 0.5
- Width:
- 2.75
- Length:
- 8.5
- Date Made:
- ca. 1993
- Maker:
- Poppe, Tom
- Place of Origin:
- Louisville, KY
- Collection:
- APH Collection
- History/Provenance:
- APH Collection
- Credit Line:
- APH Collection
- Subjects:
- Braille Writing Instructional aids, tools, and supplies Prototypes Product and market development
- Dimension Notes:
- Overall dimensions.
- Made:
- American Printing House for the Blind
- Material:
- Plastic (Lucite)
- Updated:
- 04/29/2013
