CYCLOPS is a telewriting scheme for tutoring students at a distance. The system, which uses a telephone-conferencing network, provides interactive graphical and verbal communication. Diagrams, which are displayed on television monitors, are created and amended with light-pens. Complex drawings may be pre-recorded on audio cassette tapes.
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