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DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER MONITOR UTILIZING A FULL SCREEN BRAILLE DISPLAY.

Award Information

Agency: Department of Education	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 6943	Program Year/Program: 1987 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 6943	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Jacobsen Holz Corp
1224 Pattee Box 280 Perry, IA 50220
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1987

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER MONITOR UTILIZING A FULL SCREEN BRAILLE DISPLAY.

Agency: ED

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $30,000.00

Abstract:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE COMPUTER MONITOR FOR THE BLIND, UTILIZING BRAILLE CHARACTERS AS OPPOSED TO ALPHANUMERIC WILL BE PURSUED DURING PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT.BY COMBINING CURRENT STATE OF THE ART ELECTRONICS AND UTILIZING SOME SPECIAL HYDRAULICS, A SCREEN COULD BE DEVELOPED CONSISTING OF HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED MINIATURE PINS ARRANGED IN A STANDARD BRAILLE PATTERN. THE RAISING AND LOWERING OF SELECTED PINS WOULD RESULT IN BRAILLE SCRIPT THAT COULD BE READ BY A BLIND USER. THE FOCUS OF THERESEARCH WILL INVOLVE ADAPTING THE UNIQUE PROPERTIES OF A NEWLY DEVELOPED FLUID INTO THE BRAILLE MONITOR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. A SMALL SYSTEM PROTOTYPE CONSISTING OF TWO LINES OF PINS AND FIFTEEN CHARACTERS PER LINE WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THIS INITIAL INVESTIGATION.

Principal Investigator:
John c jacobsen
VICE PRESIDENT

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Jacobsen Holz Corp
1224 Pattee Box 280 Perry, IA 50220

EIN/Tax ID:

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No