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Tactile Graphics Touching on the Basics September 2007 Fred Otto, Project Leader, Educational Research fotto@aph.org Karen Poppe, Project Leader, Educational Research kpoppe@aph.org. Outline:. Introductions Tactile vs. visual learning Approaches to adapting images General practices

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  1. Tactile GraphicsTouching on the BasicsSeptember 2007Fred Otto, Project Leader, Educational Researchfotto@aph.orgKaren Poppe, Project Leader, Educational Researchkpoppe@aph.org

  2. Outline: • Introductions Tactile vs. visual learning Approaches to adapting images General practices • Tactile terminology • Tactile production methods • Sample items • Questions we face—small and large

  3. Part I • Tactile vs. visual learning • systematic vs. instant • 2-D vs. 3-D • limited palette vs. range of colors, shading, fonts Success!

  4. Approaches to adapting images Giving necessary information Understanding full intent of the graphic/task and how it "works"

  5. Can we do it? If so…

  6. General practices ("Things we do") Spacing of elements & labels Using lines & textures Dealing with decorative elements Changing 3-D perspectives Omitting items

  7. Part II Tactile terminology Lines, point symbols, areal patterns

  8. Part IIITactile Production Methodsembossed paper "swell paper" Tactile Vision / thermographycollage thermoformembosser graphics, e.g. Tiger

  9. Comparison of Methods

  10. Part IV Sample Items

  11. Part VOur Questions and Yours • What elements do we add in (key, labels) and when? How will the tactile reader experience this image? • How to depict purely visual concepts for blind readers?

  12. Wider Issues • Testing students in a medium different from the one they studied • Cultivating tactile reading skills early on

  13. Further Discussion Thank you!

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