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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1971
CNIB instals computers to keep
pace with demand for statistics
To keep pace with growing
demands for statistics, The
Canadian National Institute
for the Blind has gone computer.
According to CNIB comptrol-
ler, C. Gordon Graham, "the
whole purpose of the computer
installation is to improve
services for Canada's 27, 000
blind people and to provide for
those who demand it, a more
sophisticated type of information
The computer will supply mean-
ingful statistics to government,
industry, social agencies and
St. R . nifacesc oo
hold program
on remembrance
On Wednesday, November 10,
at 11. a. m. St. Boniface School
hed a Remembrance Day Ass-
embly, John Charrette, the
Master of Ceremonies, asked
everyone attending to stand
and sing '0 Canada'. The senior
students sang it in French,
John told the students what
Remembrance Day is. All recite(
"Our Father, " after which Bren-
da Wilder read a passage from
the Scripture. Lee Anne Doyle,
Martin Gelinas, Gerry Neilands,
Marilyn Meidinger and Martin
Van Raay told what Rememb-
rance Day meant to them.
Maureen Hartman told the
gathering why we have a few
moments of silent prayer on this
day after which everyone bowed
their heads in silence. The
assembly was ended with the
hymn "Praise God from Whom
All Blessings Flow."
Following is someone's feeling
about Remembrance Day. "To
me Remembrance Day isn't
loud and flashy, but a placid
thoughtful day. It is a day for
both poor and rich alike. Nov-
ember 11 brings back to my mind
the fact that freedom is won
only by heavy losses, and I feel
proud that I am part of this vast
free country."
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researchers.
At first, the new computer,
a small-scale Honeywell Model
58 disc system, will be used for
CNIB payroll, accounts payable 1
and general ledgers.
Later, it will be used to prov-
ide on-the-job training for
blind computer programmers,
graduates of an eight-month
course offered by the University
of Manitoba. There are current-
ly 40 blind programmers in
Canada.
One of them, Ruth Tolton,
from Walkerton, Ontario has
been hired by the CNIB to set
up its program. During the prog-
rammers course, Miss, Tolton
learned to write a program by
using braille on computer cards -
one statement per card. If, wher
developing a program she wants
• to make changes, she removes
the cards concerned and replaces
them with new cards bearing the
revised statements. When a
program is complete, she types
it on an ordinary typewriter or
dictates it for a keypunch oper-
ator to put on cards,
Trial runs indicate whether
there are any mistakes in logic
or format. Miss tolton makes any
necessary corrections on her
braille cards with the help of
a sighted assistant.
"The entire process takes only
a few minutes longer than if a
sighted programmer were doing l
the whole job, " she says.
Looking into the future, Mr.
Graham predicts, "in the long
run, our computer will be in-
dispensable to optalmologists
and other scientists studying the •
causes, prevention and treatment'
of blindness. CNIB has a central -i
ized knowledge which is unique
in the world. Through computer
technology this data will be
made available throughout Can-
ada and to other countries, "
he says.
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