NYISE:

Adaptive Aids for the Blind
from the Archives

NY Point Slate
ca. 1890

William Bell Wait, superintendent of the New York Institute for the Blind, promoted a code called "New York Point" in 1868. New York Point was a cell two dots high with a varying cell width and was used for years in book and magazine production.
NY Point Full page slate, wood frame with brass dot guide and backing

NY Point Full page slate, wood frame with brass dot guide and backing

The brass back

The brass back
is heavily grooved

Full page NY Point Slate The US Bureau of Census in 1910 listed percentages of the codes known by persons with blindness:

Percent by Kind of Type

New York Point 57.2

American Braille 28.1

English or European Braille 4.7

Line type or letter 23.9

Moon type 11.1

Kind not reported 6.4

Source: Department of Commerce-Bureau of Census, The Blind in the United States 1910, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1 Table 113, page 137.

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