This article discusses the crisis generated by increased demands for braille textbooks that match print versions in quality of format and graphics. One way of solving the problem is to improve the quality of transcriptions produced by computer. The author reviews the current limitations of computerized braille transcription and points out the existing potential for improvements.
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