Scope and Contents

In the United Kingdom, Cued Speech was primarily promoted by June Dixon, principal of the KIDS National Centre for Cued Speech. KIDS is a nonprofit charity that assists disabled children of all types. This series includes Ms. Dixon’s correspondence, mostly with Dr. Cornett, as well as reports and articles on the National Centre’s work and a manual of Cued Speech written by Ms. Dixon.

Scope and Contents One of the drawbacks of Cued Speech is that it is no help in speechreading someone who does not know it. Dr. Cornett hoped to design an “Autocuer,” a device similar to a hearing aid that would receive spoken sounds and turn them into tactile or visual cues without the speaker needing to know Cued Speech. While a table-mounted prototype was developed, attempts to miniaturize the Autocuer to make it wearable were not successful. This series includes progress reports on the development of the...