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Optophone

The optophone is a device, used by people who are blind, that scans text and generates time-varying chords of tones to identify letters. It is one of the earliest known applications of sonification. Dr. Edmund Fournier d'Albe of Birmingham University invented the optophone in 1913, which used selenium photosensors to detect black print and convert it…

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Optophone

Nodes7
Edges6
Triples9
Avg. degree1.71
Density0.285714
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related to External links · 8
Optophone → Albe, Edmund Edward Fournier, Encyclopædia Britannica, Mara, Mills, Musical Print, Optophones, Sounding Out
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Optophone → device

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used blind one per minute edmund fournier d'albe print sonification selenium glasgow device people scans text generates time-varying chords tones

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Optophoneis adevice0.90text
Optophonerelated to External linksAlbe0.60section
Optophonerelated to External linksEdmund Edward Fournier0.60section
Optophonerelated to External linksEncyclopædia Britannica0.60section
Optophonerelated to External linksMills0.60section
Optophonerelated to External linksMara0.60section
Optophonerelated to External linksOptophones0.60section
Optophonerelated to External linksMusical Print0.60section
Optophonerelated to External linksSounding Out0.60section

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