Patent ID: 7341456

Claim:
A Braille type system, comprising: a book including at least one page bound at an inner edge to a book cover to define a book spine; printed matter including printed text for a sighted person printed on said at least one page; Braille type bar code printed adjacent and along said book spine on said at least one page, said Braille type bar code being a linear high density multi-dimensional Braille type bar code, said linear high density multi-dimensional Braille type bar code being oriented parallel relative to said inner edge of said at least one page and located within a margin of said at least one page so that said book spine functions as a linear guide for a person using a contact type hand held scanning/reading device for scanning and reading said Braille type bar code, said Braille type bar code emulating said printed text and configured to be scanned by the contact type hand held scanning/reading device when the user places the contact type hand held scanning/reading device in contact with said at least one page and then slides the contact type hand held scanning/reading device along the upper surface of said at least one page and along said book spine; and a hand-held contact type scanning/reading device for scanning and reading said Braille type bar code when placed in contact with said at least one page and then moved and guided along by said upper surface of said at least one page and by said book spine over the Braille type bar code by a user's hand, said contact type scanning/reading device including a body having at least one guiding edge for positioning an omni-directional photo emitter/receptor of said contact type scanning/reading device a fixed distance from said inner edge of said at least one page and said book spine for accurately positioning and guiding said omni-directional photo emitter/receptor over said Braille type bar code during scanning/reading by said contact type scanning/reading device.