optophone
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optophone
(ˈɒptəˌfəʊn)n
(Electrical Engineering) a device for blind people that converts printed words into sounds
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optophone
a 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-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.