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_ Optacon is helping the blind to read A new service for the blind of Canada, never available before, has just been esâ€" tablished at The Canadian National Institute for the Blind. : It is a training program in the use of the Optacon, a recently â€" invented â€" instruâ€" ment which transfers the printed page into raised touch type. When a small camera is tracked across the printed line, the letters actually rise in pinpoint forâ€" mations against the fingâ€" er of the blind reader. Doug Dent puts the finishing touches on a sign used by the Waterloo Family Y for two purposes last Friday and Saturday. The sign was being rented to announce the Y‘s open house but had room left over to tell passersâ€" 16 UNION STREET EAST, WATERLOO, 745â€"6773 Open Tuesdayâ€"Saturday 10:00am to 5:30 pm The TREASURE TROVE of GIFTS Over 40 Stocked Aquariums To Choose From Plus A Wide Variety 3 p.m. â€" 10 p.m. Mon. â€" Fri. \Sat. 10 p.m. â€" 6 p.m. OPE N Of Foods & Accessories ty HYLAND PET & SUPPLY To Join In One Of Canada‘s Fastest Growing Hobbies. . ___Tropical Fish *‘Canadian and Imported Handcrafted G ifts" If Union Street is Blocked I Reach Us by way of »p John Street and Mary Invites You The program was made possible by a grant of $15,â€" 000 from IBM Canada Limâ€" ited. The grant provided two instruments and enâ€" abled CNIB to send Bruce Gough, â€" sighted mobility instructor and former teachâ€" er to a special training proâ€" gram at Stanford Univerâ€" sity, Palo Alto, California. There he learned how to teach the Optacon to blind persons. Rejean Proulx, a second year Western Uniâ€" versity student, was his first pupil. LOCATED 191 Highland Rd. E. Phone 579â€"0660 by that former women‘s physical director, Mrs. Roger (Sue) Watt had given birth to a baby girl. The seven pound, 12 ounce girl named Korin Jessica was born last Thursday night. Chronicle Photo â€" Rejean graduated from a 10â€"day course with a speed of 20 words per minute on the Optacon. "I will use the Optacon to read the printâ€" outs and the punch cards as soon as they come out of the computer,"" said Rejean Proulx. "Braille and volunâ€" teer readers are wonderful assets but in a computer course like mine you realâ€" ly need to read the materiâ€" al straight off the compuâ€" ter. Without the Optacon the university would have been reluctant to enroll me It ybu want the most quality for the least money . . . Buy a Renauit. From $100 below to $500 above, there isn‘t a car to match the Renauit fteature for feature. If you want the cheapest car on the market, we can‘t It: mot possible to say everything in an STANDARD FEATURES SELF COMPENSATING REAR AXLE FRONT Thermostatic Electric Cooling Fon BUCKET SEATS ALlL COIL SPRING SUSPENSION FRONT DISC BRAKES RACK & PINION STEERING RADIAL PLY TIRES All ALUMINUM ALLOY ENGINE SEALED LIQUID COOLING SYSTBM Undercoating and Rustproofing Optional 3â€"Speed Fully Automatic Transmission Phone Roger Comens or Les Schatten Now. SUGGEST ED 723 RETAIL PRICE MODELS ompare Don‘t just take our word . . . Test Drive the Renaults. DRIVE Now . test drive the Renault The Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Serâ€" vices provided the assessâ€" ment and special training for Mr. Proulx and his own Optacon for use in the uniâ€" versity residence. in the course." Blind all his life Rejean Proulx hails from Hearst, Ontario. Born in 1952, he atâ€" for the Blind for Grades 1 to 12 and took his Grade 13 tended the Ontario School in the regular high school in Hearst. > RENAULT Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, September 26, 1973 15 GERRY BINDSEIL PAINTING Phone 884â€"6010 Waterlioo Kitchener SUNDAY SERVICES: 9: 30 a.m. â€" Worship J 1:00 a.m. â€" Family Bible Hour Further Information: phone 885â€"0483. meeting in Cedarbrae Public School Auditorium 7:00 p.m. JESSOPS cleaners ~ Serving Waterloo area for 15 years "An independent group of evangelical Christians meeting in Lakeshore Village." Teyota Corona PAINTING $3100 LAKESHORE BIBLE CHAPEL Residential exterior and interior A hearty invitation to attend /ec/o[/m[/E/N/S [ at our new location KITCHENERWATERLOO Departments for all ages Fellowship Hour at 167 Lynnbrook Cres. 30 Weber Street North (between Erb and Bridgeport) Ontario & Duke Sts. Waterlioo Square 745â€"5693 Toyota Corelia §2719