Abstract
An informal pilot study was run to assess the appropriateness of existing instructional materials for three calculators designed for use by blind and visually handicapped persons. Fifteen subjects ages 15 to 21 from two schools for the blind in New York City were involved in the study. In the short time available to them the students were able to use the existing cassette manuals to learn the use of the three different calculators. A number of questions arose concerning the nature of the learning method and gave rise to some suggestions for future development of training materials.
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