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Prof. S. J. Mason
Prof. D. E. Troxel
SENSORY AIDS RESEARCH
J. K. Dupress
W. L. Black
J. K. Clemens
R.
E.
W. Donaldson
Landsman
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
The long-range objective of our work is to contribute to the development of useful
technological aids for blind and blind-deaf people. Most of our present work is concerned with studies of the acquisition and processing of visual information for presOur projects include mobility-aid simulation,
entation to the nonvisual senses.
kinesthetic displays, multimodality sensory
and
tactile
problems,
reading-machine
communication, and real-time computer-facility development.
S. J. Mason
This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation (Grant G-16526),
the National Institutes of Health (Grant MH-04737-03), and the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (Grant NsG-496).
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