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Webinar: February 14th, 2012, 1.00pm to 2.30pm Central Time
Making Tactile Graphics
This presentation will provide an overview of how to create tactile graphics, and will compare the merits of different software and hardware packages available for making and using them. With the help of demos, the features and issues of different production methods will be highlighted. Topics will include importing images, manipulating images for production, print and Braille output, integrating tactile graphics in Braille texts and different ways of using the graphic and embedding information. The discussion will also cover what types of images translate best into a tactile format. The focus will be on the software-based production types, such as ViewPlus's products and Reprotronics' Tactile Graphics Designer, but these will also be compared to other methods to create raised-line drawings.
The speaker is Clara Van Gerven, an access technology content specialist at the National Federation of the Blind, where she has worked on tactile graphics, low vision, web accessibility and many other access technology topics over the last five years.
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