# New revolutionary tool for the blind; Week number 76-06

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.; By means of the 'optacon' blind people can read printed text by touch. A miniature camera scans the pages, this is converted into electronic vibrations felt through 144 pens through which blind people can feel the letters. SHOTS: blind child reads braille and reads a piece in an encyclopedia using optacon; close up of the optacon.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1976
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: Polygoon-Profilti (producent) / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nieuw_revolutionair_hulpmiddel_voor_blinden-524940.ogv)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Polygoon-Profilti (producent) / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/35090346?play=1)