Blind--Education--Arithmetic; Arithmetic--Study and teaching--Data processing; Speech synthesis
The design and development of a microprocessor-controlled mathematics trainer is described. The trainer is designed primarily for a blind student, and uses synthetic speech to verbally present mathematics problems in the form of incomplete...
American Printing House for the Blind (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings
Address: 1839 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. In 1883, this building was constructed for the American Printing House for the Blind, the oldest publishing house for the visually impaired in the United States.
Blind persons; People with disabilities; Boys; Log cabins
Arlin "Head" Burns, blind son of Harve "Cody" Burns. Arlin's brothers are on the porch of the cabin behind him. Handwritten on bottom border: 412. See ULPA 1982.01.352.p, ULPA 1982.01.434.p, ULPA 1982.01.454.p, ULPA 1982.01.455,...
Kentucky School for the Blind on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, seen from the front. This institution's original name was the Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind. The structure in this image was built in 1855 and razed in...
This building seems to be a warehouse or industrial building. The two-story brick building has two arched sections which may both have been doors at one time, but at the time of the photo only the left arch has a set of double doors. The plate...
A young man and a woman stand outside. The woman, wearing a hat, is looking up toward what appears to be the porch of a house on the left. The man, wearing a suit, appears to be looking at someone or something to the left of the camera. See ULPA...
Entrance hall in Hillside House, home of Mr. and Mrs. Graddy Cary in Indian Hills,near Louisville, Kentucky. Close-up of curved staircase with window and blind. Wood paneling on lower floor and on lower part of staircase wall. Side table with lamp...
Advertising; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Stores & shops; Office buildings; Automobiles; Dwellings; Houses; Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Transportation
Taken for Louisville Gas & Electric, this photograph shows route of power lines after purchase of home telephone poles and consolidation of lines. Utility lines have been placed in a row down Frankfort Avenue. On the right side are some homes....
Group portraits; Living rooms; Pianos; Blind persons;
Five women and three men pose inside a parlor or living room. Some or all of the people may be blind. Part of an upright piano can be seen at the right. See ULPA 1982.01.596.p for another photograph in this same room. See ULPA 1982.01.600.p, ULPA...
Women; Fountains; Sculpture; Watering troughs; Parks
Two women in white, or light-colored, dresses and flowered hats pose at Hogan's Fountain in Cherokee Park. One sits on the edge of the fountain smiling toward the camera. The other woman, who may be blind, stands to her right looking down. The...
Sleep disorders in children; Children--Sleep; Blind children
Research has confirmed that individuals with blindness have an increased risk of
developing sleep problems; this is especially problematic for families with young
children who are blind. Not only does the lack of sleep impact the growth...
Jilson Setters (a pseudonym for James William (J.W.) Day, 1860-1942) takes a break from playing the fiddle to write something on paper. His fiddle leans against his chair, and the typewriter used by Jean Thomas sits on a chair facing Setters. Both...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Blindness; Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Four-story concrete building with a large dome on the roof, which has a small tower on top. Wide stairs lead to a two story pillared porch. A wide path leads to the stairs;...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Domes; Blindness; Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Close-up of the roof's dome, with a small, hollow, pedestaled tower on top. Originally named the Kentucky School for the Education of the Blind, the school opened in 1842...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Blindness; Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Diagonal view of front of concrete building, focusing on the pillared porch reached by wide stairs. On the photograph have been painted a great number of small black...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Blindness; Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Diagonal view of four-story brick and concrete building. At left is a brick section, then further back like a stairstep is a concrete section, and then further back is...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Blindness; Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Diagonal view of four-story concrete and brick building. At left is a concrete section, then further forward like a stairstep is another concrete section, and then further...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Blindness; Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Four-story concrete building with a large dome on the roof, which has a small tower on top. Wide stairs lead to a two story pillared porch. A woman in black walks on a wide...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Blindness; Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Four-story building with two perpendicular segments, one of brick and one of concrete. There is a small deck in front of the concrete section. Originally named the Kentucky...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Blindness; Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Four- and five-story building constructed of intersecting sections. On the roof, there is a large dome on the five story section and a small dome on the adjacent four story...
