The 'Optophone', a reading device for the blind, invented by E. E. Fournier D'Albe: demonstrated in use by a man. Photograph, ca. 1921.

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1921
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578120i
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The 'Optophone', a reading device for the blind, invented by E. E. Fournier D'Albe: demonstrated in use by a man. Photograph, ca. 1921. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1921

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 9.4 x 15.7 cm

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The "Optophone", an invention of Dr. E. E. Fournier D'Albe, of London, by means of which the blind can "read" ordinary print; "Daily Mirror", January, 1921 [...]

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Wellcome Collection 578120i

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