Edward L. Glaser and Mary E. Switzer with braille equipment, 1966

Object summary

Title: Edward L. Glaser and Mary E. Switzer with braille equipment, 1966
Object ID: GCP-00008401
Date made: 1966
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Mary E. Switzer watches Edward L. Glaser demonstrate braille equipment in an office. Technology Review, December 1966, p. 29.

Original Caption: "Miss Mary E. Switzer, Commissioner of the U.S. Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, watches while Edward L. Glaser, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, demonstrates high-speed braille embossing equipment and specialized computer programs that enable him to communicate in braille with Project MAC's time-shared computer."