Tellatouch
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
name: label: maker
content: American Foundation for the Blind
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This device, called a Tellatouch, allows a person who is deaf and blind to use Braille to communicate with others.
label: Description
content: The Tellatouch, introduced in 1952 by the American Foundation for the Blind, was particularly suitable for persons who are deaf and blind, but can read Braille. The cost was $42.50 postpaid to any point in the United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Braille
label: Subject
content: Disabilities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Disabilities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: American Foundation for the Blind
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.306619.11
label: catalog number
content: 306619.11
label: accession number
content: 306619
objectType: label: Object Name
content: braille writer
label: Other Terms
content: braille writer; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 25 cm x 24 cm; 3 1/8 in x 9 13/16 in x 9 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 27.305 cm x 27.305 cm