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Lewis Boles, 38, a quadriplegic who, since 1971, has lived at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, works part time on an IBM PC-XT computer specially adapted with a voice recognition system
Lewis Boles, 38, a quadriplegic who, since 1971, has lived at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, works part time on an IBM PC-XT computer specially adapted with a voice recognition system

Lewis Boles, 38, a quadriplegic who, since 1971, has lived at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, works part time on an IBM PC-XT computer specially adapted with a voice recognition system

Date5/5/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Lewis Boles; 38; a quadriplegic who; since 1971; has lived at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital; works part time on an IBM PC-XT computer specially adapted with a voice recognition system.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0022783F
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