The development of a system capable of generating sequences of sounds describing patterns which can be interpreted by the user with as little as 35 minutes’ training has possible application as a computer graphics terminal for the blind. The generating display system is described and results tabulated on experimental testing of eight subjects’ ability to identify specific patterns.
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