Device for communicating with a computer system or the like for persons who are blind or have vision impediments

摘要

In this device, which has a screen reproduction and a device for converting the information items reproduced into speech or as a large image and has an input keyboard (1), it is provided that in each case a plurality of information retrieval sensor devices (4) are arranged in two mutually perpendicular coordinate directions (X, Y) in accordance with the screen reproduction information points or a corresponding part thereof, and are connected in such a manner that when in each case one information retrieval sensor device (4) of each coordinate direction (X and respectively Y) is operated, the information content of the screen area allocated to the coordinate defined by this means is reproduced. It is provided in this connection that the information retrieval sensor devices (4) are arranged above or below and to the side of the input keyboard (1). This device makes it possible for blind persons to achieve a particularly rapid and easily comprehensible communication with a computer.