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optophone
optophone (ˈɒptəˌfəʊn) n (Electrical Engineering) a device for blind people that converts printed words into soundsoptophonea device combining a selenium cell and telephone apparatus that converts light energy into sound energy, used to enable blind people to sense light through the hearing and thus read printed matter.See also: Blindness
optophone
optophone[′äp·tə‚fōn] (engineering acoustics) A device with a photoelectric cell to convert ordinary printed letters into a series of sounds; used by the blind. |