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  1. Jan 2025
  2. www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
    ‘We’d be stuck’: alarm as UK’s last braille typewriter repairer ponders retirement
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    1. chrisaldrich 07 Jan 2025

      ‘We’d be stuck’: alarm as UK’s last braille typewriter repairer ponders retirement by [[Matthew Weaver]]

      typewriter repair people typewriter repair shops typewriter shops closing Perkins Brailler Alan Thorpe read Royal National Institute of Blind People typewriter repair
    2. chrisaldrich 07 Jan 2025
      The machines were first designed in 1951 at Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, Massachusetts, where they have been made ever since.
      typewriter history Perkins Brailler
    3. chrisaldrich 07 Jan 2025
      He is sure they can be working again after a paraffin bath to clean up accumulated gunge and some careful plier work to straighten bent keys.

      Alan Thorpe cleans his Perkins Braillers in a paraffin bath.

      typewriter cleaning paraffin Perkins Brailler
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  3. Jun 2024
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    Introduction to the Perkins Brailler - Statewide Vision Resource Centre
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    1. chrisaldrich 24 Jun 2024

      Introduction to the Perkins Brailler - Statewide Vision Resource Centre

      Braille Perkins Brailler typewriters watch
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    Perkins Brailler - Wikipedia
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    1. chrisaldrich 24 Jun 2024

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_Brailler

      Perkins Brailler typewriters Braille accessibility read
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