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Computer Assisted Tactile Graphics. Presented by Lucia Hasty, MA Braille Authority of North America Tactile Graphics Committee Chair March 3, 2010. Virginia AER. DRAWING SOFTWARE. Considerations for choosing a software Equipment you will use with Ease of learning software
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Presented by Lucia Hasty, MA Braille Authority of North America Tactile Graphics Committee Chair March 3, 2010 Virginia AER
DRAWING SOFTWARE • Considerations for choosing a software • Equipment you will use with • Ease of learning software • Power of software to do the task • Compatibility
Standard software • MS Word Draw • OpenOffice Draw • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Illustrator • CorelDraw
Production software for graphics • Tiger Designer for their embossers www.viewplus.com • QuickTac- works with DBT and MegaDotswww.duxburysystems.com • TGD Pro (father of QuickTac) http://www.duxburysystems.com/tgd.asp?choice=pro • Talking Tactile Tablet Authoring Tool www.touchgraphics.com • University of Washington’s Tactile Graphics Assistant http://tactilegraphics.cs.washington.edu/
PictureBraillehttp://www.pentronics.com.au/index_files/ PictureBraille.htm
Other software for graphics • University of Oregon Tactile Map Editor- designed for O&M maps and capsule paper production http://ix.cs.uoregon.edu:8988/jforum/posts/ • list/11.page • Accessible Graphing Calculator- View Plus www.viewplus.com • Math Trax- NASA http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/mathtrax/
Other Cool Stuff Touch Graphics and Smith Kettlewell: • Smart Pen projects- periodic table, subway maps, others in the works • Wii for O&M www.touchgraphics.com A couple of refreshable braille surfaces for tactile graphics should be on market within 2 years
For updates on projects and products: • www.tactilegraphics.org • Lucia@tactilegraphics.org