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''. 12(3), Mar 1957, 115–124. It is a

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system based on both practical considerations and on results from a set of controlled psychophysical experiments. Vibratese was composed of 45 basic elements, the tactile equivalent of numerals and letters. The entire

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and numerals 0 to 9 could be communicated this way. Geldard reported that with proper training, rates of more than 35

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were possible for reading.

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*http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~haptic/pub/JP-CIM-TR-06.pdf *http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~hongtan/pubs/PhDThesis/tan.chap6.pdf {{disability-stub Tactile alphabets Writing systems introduced in 1957