>
>Saw this in a weekly news e-mail I receive.
>LOW-COST DEVICE TURNS E-BOOKS INTO BRAILLE Researchers at the Commerce
>Dept.'s National Institute of Standards and,Technology (NIST) have figured
>out a way to convert the text of e-books into Braille using about $200 worth
>of components.  Commercial systems can cost anywhere between $10,000 and
>$15,000.  The NIST design, which generates only two letters at a time rather
>than complete lines of text, is much smaller than the commercial models
>resulting in the significant cost differential.  Several companies have
>expressed interest in producing the NIST-designed device for the commercial
>market.
>(Los Angeles Times 8 Nov 99)
>
>


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