Machine "Talks" to Blind and Deaf

An ingenious new aid, the Electro-Braille Communicator, makes it possible for the first time for anyone to "talk" with a person who is totally blind and deaf. You just tap out a message on its keyboard, arranged in standard typewriter sequence. Six moving pins in a small receiver instantly translate each letter into the corresponding raised character of the Braille alphabet. By holding a finger on the receiver, the "listener" reads the words. If he is able to speak normally, he can thus carry on a conversation. Others can signify, at least, that they have understood a message.