JPS58552Y2 - Printed matter with ink and braille printing - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to printed matter in which short poetic characters are expressed in ink and Braille.

Short poetry literature such as haiku and waka poems are highly emotional and can be appreciated by listening to the voice of the poet, and there are many enthusiasts even among the visually impaired.

However, these Braille books of short poem literature were rarely published, which caused inconvenience to visually impaired people, and even if they were translated into Braille on a temporary stand, the Braille could only be read in kana.

People with acquired visual impairments have a strong memory of characters they have read with normal eyes in the past, and for these people, determining which kanji corresponds to what they read in Braille depends on the depth of their appreciation of short poem literature. has a big impact.

For example, even if it is read as ``geo'' in Braille translation, the meanings are different, such as ``shio'' which refers to the morning ebb and flow of the sea, and ``shio'' which refers to the afternoon.

There are countless homonyms such as the ones mentioned above that arise from the simple syllable structure and word-coining power of the Japanese language. In particular, there is a unique usage of terms in short poem literature, and the kanji used and the old kana used are unique. They have a large meaning, and it is not possible to grasp and appreciate them simply by reading kana from Braille.

On the other hand, there are many publications that print short poem literature using ink, but the page layout of these publications generally focuses on the beauty, sound, and meaning of the characters and words of short poem literature, as described above. In order to strongly appeal to readers, the paper is not printed with many lines, but the lines are spaced wide, and the paper size is B.
The reality is that the books are limited to the series and A series, and because they are used vertically, there is a large blank space at the bottom of the paper.

This invention focuses on the fact that when short poem literature is printed in ink, it is common to leave wide margins on the paper, and that short poem literature has a small number of characters and does not require a large space even when translated into Braille. The aim is to provide printed matter that allows sighted and visually impaired people to simultaneously appreciate the same short poem literature and to give advice and guidance to each other regarding the literature.

The present invention will be specifically described below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the application of the present invention to a haiku collection, but it can also be applied to short poetry literature books such as Japanese poetry collections, Yoryu collections, Chinese poetry collections, song collections, nursery rhymes, etc., or simply to a single piece of printed matter. Of course.

The paper used for the haiku collection is a special paper for Braille printing, which is vertically oriented, and three haiku poems are printed on each 20 sides of the paper in 3 ink and 4 in Braille.

The haiku printed in ink are written vertically from the top of the page 2, with each verse written on one line, leaving ample space at the top of the page 2 and between the haiku poems.

A braille translation of the ink-printed haiku is printed in the upper margin.

The Braille printing is done using arrows 7 so that when a visually impaired person 6 sits facing a sighted person 5 who is reading a haiku printed in ink, the visually impaired person 6 can read from left to right, which is the principle of Braille. As shown, it is printed orthogonally to the ink print haiku.

When Braille printing is applied to both the front and back sides of the paper surface 20, as shown in FIG.
The Braille printing part 42 is slightly shifted so that the Braille characters do not overlap.

The haiku collection 1 is configured to be bound on the right and open on the right when viewed from a sighted person, and therefore bound on the left and opened on the left when viewed from a visually impaired person.

Since the haiku collection 1 according to the present invention has the above structure, the haiku collection 1 according to the present invention is
and visually impaired person 6 face each other with haiku collection 1 in between, and sighted person 5
The visually impaired person 6 can enjoy the same haiku by looking at the ink print and rubbing the Braille print at the same time.

The Braille printing is placed on the top of the paper surface 2 for a sighted person 5, and the Braille printing and ink printing do not overlap, so when the visually impaired person 6 rubs the Braille with his or her finger, the movement of the finger The ink print is not hidden and does not get in the way of reading by the normal-sighted person 5.

In addition, there is sufficient white space between the haiku printed in ink, making it easy for people with normal eyes to read and allowing them to visually appreciate the beauty of the letters and words printed in ink.

If a person with an acquired visual impairment who remembers characters read with normal eyes in the past reads kana while rubbing the Braille, and does not know which kanji to use, immediately turns to normal eyes. You can solve it by asking person 5.

On the other hand, when the sighted person 5 cannot read the kanji in a haiku, he or she can listen to what the visually impaired person 6 reads in Braille.

When Braille is rubbed with a finger, the surface of the Braille becomes dirty with hand marks, but this stain does not affect the printed part of the ink, so the ink printed surface does not become difficult to read.

In addition, when turning the page, from the perspective of a sighted person 5, the page opens to the right, which is the principle for vertically written books, and from the perspective of the visually impaired person, it opens to the left, which is the principle for Braille books, so it is convenient for both parties.

Furthermore, if a visually impaired person loses both hands and has a double handicap, he or she will have to read Braille with their tongue or lips, but in this case, since the Braille side and the printed side do not overlap, It has many excellent effects, such as being able to read without licking the ink and being hygienic.

Figures 3 to 5 show other examples of page structure, and the one shown in Figure 3 is a Braille-printed haiku corresponding to the blank space next to the haiku printed in ink in the vertical direction. It is.

In this case, the sighted person 5 and the visually impaired person 6 can enjoy the same haiku collection while facing each other diagonally.

The haiku collection shown in Figure 4 has the haiku written in ink with a blank space left at the bottom of the page, and the haiku written in Braille in the bottom margin. It is convenient for

In the case shown in FIG. 5, a haiku is printed in ink while leaving a margin at the top and bottom of the paper surface 2, and a haiku is printed in braille on the top and bottom margins, respectively.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention applied to a haiku collection, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the page, and FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are perspective views showing other embodiments. 1... Haiku collection, 2... Paper.

Claims (1)

[Scope of claim for utility model registration] ■ Haiku, waka, senryu, Chinese poetry, nursery rhymes, songs, etc., written in ink in vertical writing only on the margins of the paper, with the same content as short poem literature printed in ink. Printed matter printed in ink and Braille, characterized by horizontal Braille printing. ■ Ink letters are printed from approximately the center of the paper to the bottom side, leaving a margin at the top of the paper, and braille is printed in the upper margin in the opposite direction to the ink print as stated in claim 1 of the utility model registration claim. Printed matter with ink and braille printing. ■ The ink and Braille printing described in Claim 1 of the Utility Model Registration Claim are printed in ink from the top of the paper to approximately the center, leaving a margin at the bottom of the paper, and Braille is printed on the bottom margin. printed matter. ■ Braille is printed orthogonally to ink characters. Printed matter printed with ink characters and Braille printing as set forth in claim 2 or 3 of the scope of utility model registration. ■ A printed matter printed with ink letters and Braille printing according to claim 1 of the utility model registration, in which Braille letters are printed between the lines of ink letters.