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Samuel Mason, Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT: Cognitvie Information Processing [Research Group]. Length ca. 29 min. In this 1966 "Science Reporter" television program, MIT Electrical Engineering Professor Samuel Mason discusses cutting-edge technology being used to focus on the challenges of providing education to visually impaired people through improved sensory aids. In his laboratory Mason demonstrates an experimental system that uses a computer that can read aloud in spelled speech from an ordinary printed text. Hosted by reporter John Fitch '52. Produced by MIT and WGBH. (CC)

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http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/fromthevault/videos/10165-reading-by-ear---science-reporter-tv-series-1966