Blind Computer Programmers

Series

Series Name: London Line

Issue

Issue No.

367

Date Released

1971

Filmed

Oct 1971

Length of issue (in feet)

541

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: The Home Office has taken the progressive step of employing suitable blind people as computer programmers. Translating back from braille into conventional English and re-translating into "computer language" entails only one additional stage; this done, the blind can do the job on equal terms with the sighted. We show how.

Local distribution only

New Commonwealth version

Keywords

Science and technology; Labour relations; Disabled persons; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/367

Credits:

Support services: Barbara Simon
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Editor: David Lytton
Support services: Eric Beecroft
Director: Eric Beecroft
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Jumoke Debayo
Producer: Patrick Brawn
Cutter: Peter Day
Presenter: Rudolph Walker

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