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Revisiting Tactile Graphics

Revisiting Tactile Graphics . Follow-up Webinar November 4, 2010. Finally! A Code. On October 31, 2010 BANA adopted (approved as a code) BANA/CBA Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics 2010 Announcement of availability will be coming soon! .

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Revisiting Tactile Graphics

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  1. Revisiting Tactile Graphics Follow-up Webinar November 4, 2010

  2. Finally! A Code On October 31, 2010 BANA adopted (approved as a code) BANA/CBA Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics 2010 Announcement of availability will be coming soon!

  3. tales from the trenches: student successes Share your experiences: new discoveries through graphics lessons learned from design and production student production of graphics

  4. Review: design techniques • Identifying the graphic: • Title • TN and/or Description • Caption/Figure Number • Planning and Editing • Content to be included • Layers, separation, division • Simplification, elimination, consolidation, distortion • Labels, key, other descriptive information

  5. Review: design techniques • Readability • 1/8th inch rule and white space • Variation in texture • Variation in height • Elimination of clutter

  6. Keys for graphics Go to • http://tactilegraphics.org/Keys-TG.pdf for details of labels, keys, descriptions and transcriber’s notes

  7. descriptions Go to http://ncam.wgbh.org/experience_learn/ educational_media/stemdx/guidelines for details on descriptions. Spend some time looking at the different types of graphics described.

  8. Tactile graphics software • QuickTac 4.0 (Duxbury Systems) • Free download • Beta-1 version (soon to be a new beta) • Works with MSPaint • Uses bitmaps (.bmp) only • Embosses on almost all embossers • Workshop at ATIA Orlando

  9. Tactile graphics software • Picture Braille (Pentronics, Australia) Cost $650.00 Capable of easily creating graphs Will accept a scanned image Can save as a Duxbury graphic http://www.pentronics.com.au/index_files/ PictureBraille.htm

  10. Image Converters • Online-ConVert.com Can upload a file (e.g. a .pdf) and it will instantly convert to chosen format. Free • AVS4YOU.com Sophisticated converter, will also convert video and audio files. Subscription about $60.00/year. • Office Convert PDF to JPG JPEG TIFF Free 6.4 Will convert to other formats as well.

  11. New resources for tactile graphics • ImageShare- Royal National Institute for the Blind, UK- available by next summer • APH’s Tactile Graphic Image Library- continues to add graphics. (.jpg files) • ViewPlus- Beginning to develop units of graphics for the IVEO. Tactile with color. Science and geography.(.prn files) • Touch Graphics- more SmartPen projects

  12. What’s missing for you? • What knowledge would you add? • What skills do you want to improve? • What technology would you like to see available?

  13. What’s missing for students?

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