Tactile Graphics, An Overview and Resource Guide

John A. Gardner
Science Access Project
Department of Physics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-6507
Tel: (541) 737 3278
FAX: (541) 737 1683
e-mail: gardner@physics.orst.edu

May 20, 1996

• Introduction
• Preparation of Tactile Graphic Materials
  • Variable height tactile pictures
  • Uniform height (2D) pictures
    • Manual methods of making 2D tactile pictures
    • Bulk production of 2D pictures
    • Computers and tactile graphics
    • Computer hardware for making 2D tactile pictures
    • Computer software for making 2D tactile pictures
• Using Tactile Graphics
  • Recognition problems with tactile graphics
  • Using a computer to supply hidden information
• The Science Access Project Research Program
  • Dotsplus
  • Improving computer usability for science, engineering, and math
• Firms, Organizations, and Products
  • American Foundation for the Blind
  • American Printing House for the Blind
  • American Thermoform Corporation
  • Blazie Engineering
  • Braille Institute
  • Braille Jymico
  • Duxbury, Inc.
  • Hy-tech Forming Systems, Inc.
  • Howe Press
  • HowTek, Inc.
  • JP Trading, Inc.
  • Kansys, Inc.
  • LS&S Group, Inc.
  • Repro-Tronics, Inc.
  • Telesensory Products, Inc.
• Acknowledgments
• References
• About this document ...

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