From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Mon Jan 4 04:58:46 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 04:58:46 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Photography Message-ID: <1451883505170.63256@statped.no> Banana Factory exhibit stretches beyond the limits of sight http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/arts/mc-stephen-cunic-life-accessible-banana-factory-20160102-story.html 3D Printing Helps Visually-impaired People Feel Classical Artworks through Touching http://english.cri.cn/12394/2016/01/02/3801s911148.htm The power of vision Assistants, instincts, sound, touch, workshops, text-to-braille convertors, special printers, photo editing apps. ANANYA BORGOHAIN explores what helps the visually impaired to take photos http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/trend/the-power-of-vision.html 3DPhotoWorks brings art & photography to the visually impaired thru 3D Tactile Fine Art Printing http://www.3ders.org/articles/20151116-3dphotoworks-brings-art-photography-to-the-visually-impaired-thru-3d-printing.html -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Mon Jan 4 05:15:25 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 05:15:25 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Maps Message-ID: <1451884503754.60945@statped.no> Ability is in the mind http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/ability-is-in-the-mind/article6544715.ece 3D Printing Technique "Did?" Helps Visually Impaired Feel Art http://3dprint.com/46099/didu-helps-sight-impaired-art/ Public Works: Maps for the Blind A San Francisco group is creating tactile and audio maps of transit stations. What measures has the TTC taken to accommodate the visually impaired? http://torontoist.com/2015/02/public-works-maps-for-the-blind/ Students honored: tasked with 3D tactile map for visually impaired When the Fab Lab students came to the tech table last year, little did they know the difference one summer's work would make. PCC student workers Sandra Perez, Chi Yeung "Bennie" Chiu, Bryce Van Ross, Carlos Andrade, Joseph de Alba and Peter Ngo were presented a unique opportunity and task through PCC's Design Technology department. Their mission: to produce a portable 3D tactile map containing a topographical layout, navigating symbols and Braille characters to assist the visually impaired. Commissioned for Frances Blend Elementary school, the map was to be designed to teach navigating skills to visually impaired grade school students. http://www.pcccourier.com/features/students-honored-tasked-with-3d-tactile-map-for-visually-impaired.html Project Tango: Google's 3D mapping technology coming to phones THIS YEAR, letting you scan the world around you http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/project-tango-google-reveals-3d-5102323 Maps That You Can Hear and Touch Maps for Transit Using maps is a major part of using public transit. That's why Dr. Joshua Miele, a scientist at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco, partnered with LightHouse, a local organization for the blind, to create accessible maps of every BART transit station. http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/01/making-better-maps-for-the-blind/384495/ -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Mon Jan 4 05:28:13 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 05:28:13 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] maps, wayfaring Message-ID: <1451885271850.96527@statped.no> A great aid for the visually challenged goes unnoticed NATMO makes Braille maps, but many say it is not doing enough to market them The country's foremost map producing organisation, NATMO, started producing Braille maps a decade and a half ago. But few are aware of this. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/a-great-aid-for-the-visually-challenged-goes-unnoticed/article6751907.ece Custom New app to enable visually impaired walk freely launched http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/puducherry/Custom-New-app-to-enable-visually-impaired-walk-freely-launched/articleshow/45583756.cms 3D Comes to Aid Visually Impaired Now maps are going the 3D way. Developers at the University of Buffalo-Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDeA Center), US, in association with Touch Graphics, a tactile graphics company based in the US, have created a multi-sensory modelled map. This technology aims to help the visually impaired, but will be available for all to use in public spaces. These models were first incorporated at Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts, US, where the layout of the campus was inculcated in the map. These models use conductive paint on 3D printed miniature buildings to sense pressure from human fingers. These prototypes will offer high-tech details of buildings and architectural infrastructure once you touch upon a part of the map. As you move around the map, a voice will announce the names of buildings and give you directions. There is a button to control menu options and browse the index. They have added sound effects to help users identify each space. For example, a fountain gurgles when tapped and a bell tower chimes. http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/3D-Comes-to-Aid-Visually-Impaired/2014/12/14/article2568663.ece Visually-impaired kids turn navigators http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Visually-impaired-kids-turn-navigators/articleshow/45429018.cms Talking 3D Maps Help The Visually Impaired Get Around http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/12/talking-3d-maps-help-the-visually-impaired-get-around/ Talking 3D Map Simplifies Wayfinding http://www.buildings.com/news/industry-news/articleid/18331/title/talking-3d-map-simplifies-wayfinding-.aspx -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Mon Jan 4 09:58:13 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 09:58:13 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Four jobs you won't believe people who are blind can do Message-ID: Four jobs you won't believe people who are blind can do http://www.perkins.org/stories/blog/four-jobs-you-wont-believe-people-who-are-blind-can-do?utm_campaign=december%202015&utm_source=in%20focus&utm_medium=email -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Tue Jan 12 08:47:10 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:47:10 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Forwarding Forest Folklore Exhibit Message-ID: <1d01c37aa4074518bb51d9e2864c5c0b@MAIL2.statped.no> Hi, Forwarding information about Ann Cunningham's exhibition. It is nice to hear Ann talk about the exhibition on the video news. Regards, Lisa Videos of Forest Folklore Exhibit Last call for my Forest Folklore Exhibit at Woodson Art Museum in Wasau, Wisconsin. The exhibit will be running through Sunday, February 21st, 2016. Thanks to all of you who were able to stop by while I was in residence. I hope more of you will get a chance to check the exhibit out before February 21st. Please check out this blog post (https://sensationalarts.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/forest-folklore-exhibit/) with a video tour of the exhibit, as well as a television news piece from Wisconsin Channel 12 (http://www.wjfw.com/videoshare.html?video=d5b838d81b5054de8739e6b598934eb5f4574948). -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From dandrews at visi.com Tue Feb 9 05:48:56 2016 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:48:56 -0600 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Navigation System for Museum Message-ID: The North Carolina Museum of Natural Science today previewed what they billed as a first for museums nationwide, an iphone based indoor navigation system for the Museum?s Nature Resource Center. The system is based on the BlindSquare or BlindSquare Event App and a series of small ?iBeacon? transponders. The system communicates through Bluetooth and requires an i-phone as it requires the internal compass to function. In the case of the Nature Resource Center, 30 iBeacon transponders were emplaced in the building, each transponder covering a 20 to 50 square foot area. As the BlindSquare app picks up a specific transponder, it generates a tone. The app then announces the location and describes the environment, based on the compass reading. For example, immediately as you enter the building, the transponder reveals that you are at the entrance. Pointing your iphone straight ahead, you are informed that you are in the main foyer and that the flooring is marble. Pointing the device to the east, the transponder informs you that the main stairway is to the east and that the flooring is carpeted. Pointing the device to the west, the device identifies the elevators, rest rooms, Planet Caf? and museum store. As you move through the building, you can orient yourself to your surroundings based on the specific transponder that you are receiving and the programming for the specific transponder. The navigation system was a joint project of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, BlindSquare and Ed Summers, the manager of the accessibility team at SAS. Speaking with James Benton with the Raleigh Commission on Disabilities, he stated that they would like to see the system adopted by the local shopping malls. They would also like to see the navigation system emplaced at the Raleigh airport as well as the new Union Station rail facility. Carl R. Keehn David Andrews and long white cane Harry. E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Wed Mar 9 10:14:37 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:14:37 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Call for abstracts and posters for the Tactile Reading conference 2017 Stockholm Message-ID: <1457518472277.87221@statped.no> Tactile Reading will take place in Stockholm April 5-7 2017, bringing together people working with children and youth with visual impairments and blindness, from all over the world. Academics in various research areas, teachers, specialists, commercial companies, developers and innovators in the field of tactile reading are invited. The conference is arranged by Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM) and National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (SPSM). This will be a chance to share experiences and research in the field of tactile reading. The conference will promote best practices and inspire to new ideas for research, and will bring people together for future collaboration. This is the first time this conference is arranged, with the ambition to create a recurrent international event. Call for Abstracts We are seeking practitioners and academics to give presentations on the following topics: * Development of tactual understanding * Tactile reading and the brain * Braille and literacy * Tactile graphics * Universal design and tactile reading The time for a presentation is either 20 or 40 minutes. All presentations should be in English. Send your contribution to: tactilereading2017 at mtm.se Present a poster If you prefer to present a poster at the conference please submit your proposal and contact us. We are looking forward to meet you! For more information and details: www.tactilereading.org -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Wed Mar 9 10:45:27 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:45:27 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Webinar on accessible graphics In-Reply-To: <56DDDAF4.4080309@gmail.com> References: <56DDDAF4.4080309@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1457520322554.53772@statped.no> EASI Free Webinar: How to Read Graphics Presenter: John Gardner from Viewplus Technology Thursday March 10 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern Some graphics are adequately described in words, but really important graphics are not. A tactile diagram is useful to only a very few blind braille readers. The only known way to make graphics accessible to nearly all people with print disabilities is by audio/touch. John will talk about reading audio/touch graphikcs and also how to convert visual images to good audio/touch graphics using ViewPlus' IVEO technology. This is really cutting edge stuff. You need to know about this. Register at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm Norm ________________________________ You received this email because you are subscribed to the Equal Access to Software & Information: (distribution list) (EASI) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from this list, simply send an email to EASI-UNSUBSCRIBE-REQUEST at LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG. No subject or message is necessary in the email. For any questions or problems, contact the list administrator. -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Wed Mar 9 10:51:43 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:51:43 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Tactile Drawing Comes To The Braille Club Message-ID: <1457520698501.92012@statped.no> Tactile Drawing Comes To The Braille Club Ann Cunningham's blog: This week is all about a Braille Club that is organized by a Colorado Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired (TVI). http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=13b256be029131695e7fdbfb1&id=8869ed28a0&e=5dd93a1946 -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Wed Mar 9 10:56:19 2016 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:56:19 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Learn and Teach Tactile Map Reading Skills with our New Training Guides In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1457520973738.63214@statped.no> Tactile Maps Training Book Now Available from the LightHouse Adaptations Store At LightHouse for the Blind in San Francisco, we are a leading provider of tactile maps ? taking visual or graphical information and conveying it through raised line and textural media, making it possible to access the same information as others, without your eyes. To fully benefit from these maps, though, one must understand ?mental mapping.? The ability to create mental maps in your head comes to many naturally, but like most valuable pursuits, requires practice and teaching. To that end we?ve developed the Tactile Maps Training Book, built on best practices and tailored around our maps, which serves as a teaching aid to help teachers unlock their student?s potential. Start in the Classroom and Move to the Real World Through hands-on exercises and activities, students will use these books to learn strategies for reading tactile graphics and understanding our incredibly informative maps. We provide an orientation to tactile map symbols, symbol recognition exercises and a variety of exercises around transit, campus and floor plan maps. Also available, the Tactile Maps Training Book: Audio Supplement. Intended for use with any of the Audio-Tactile Maps created by the LightHouse, this guide introduces readers to the Smartpen ? how it works and how to use it, followed by a series of map exercises. Tactile Maps Training Book Large print and braille, 53 pages: $50.00 Tactile Maps Training Book: Audio Supplement Large print and braille (Smartpen enabled), 14 pages: $25.00 Order our training books from Adaptations, the LightHouse store. Adaptations is located at 214 Van Ness in San Francisco, open Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call us at (415) 694-7301 or email us at adaptations at lighthouse-sf.org with any questions. If you are interested in tactile maps or graphics, please contact Access to Information Services today at AIS at lighthouse-sf.org. -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From fnugg at online.no Wed Mar 9 12:29:22 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 13:29:22 +0100 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Linespace, Touch Mapper Message-ID: <56E01722.4080409@online.no> Project BLAID will be shoulder-mounted device instead of a wristband http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-toyota-developing-wearable-tech-for-disabled-with-spatial-mapping-2187089 Rutgers professor, student create braille map for visually impaired students http://www.dailytargum.com/article/2016/03/rutgers-professor-student-create-braille-map-for-visually-impaired-students Rutgers Engineers 3D Print Tablet-Sized Campus Maps for Joseph Kohn Training Center Students http://3dprint.com/120917/rutgers-3d-printed-maps/ How 3D-Printed Maps Are Helping the Blind and Visually Impaired Engineers and designers are just starting to explore the potential of 3D-printed maps for the visually impaired. http://www.citylab.com/tech/2016/02/3d-printing-gives-maps-a-high-tech-boost-for-the-visually-impaired-blind/471231/ Touch Mapper: 3D Printed Tactile Maps Allow the Visually Impaired to Orient Themselves in Any Location http://3dprint.com/121736/3d-printed-tactile-maps/ Touch Mapper Download STL files for 3D printing - to print out yourself or order it from a firm to print out http://touch-mapper.org/ LineSpace http://3dprint.com/118793/3d-printed-linespace-tablet/ 3D Printed ?Linespace? Allows Visually Impaired People to Read and Interact with Maps, Diagrams and More The woman stands at a drafting table, her hands resting lightly on the surface. ?Berlin center,? she says clearly. A voice responds, ?Drawing central Berlin,? and a 3D print head lowers into view to lay down a raised map of the Berlin city center along with several small circles representing homes for sale. The woman runs her hands over the map, then lingers on one of the raised circles. She steps on a pedal at the base of the drafting table and asks for more detail; the voice dutifully responds by quoting the price and specifications of the home in question. Unsatisfied, the woman moves her hands to the left of the printed map. ?Expand here,? she says, and the 3D print head returns to extend the map further into Berlin. It?s called Homefinder, and it?s one of the applications being developed as part of Linespace, a tactile display system that allows visually impaired people to interact with maps, diagrams, and other spatial data. A team of researchers at the Hasso Platner Institut (HPI) in Potsdam, Germany have been working on developing the platform, which will be formally introduced at CHI 2016, a human-computer interaction conference taking place in San Jose May 7-12. http://3dprint.com/118793/3d-printed-linespace-tablet/ From fnugg at online.no Wed Mar 9 14:57:26 2016 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 15:57:26 +0100 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Linespace youtube video, Sight Unseen exhibit Winnipeg Message-ID: <56E039D6.1020505@online.no> Hi, Linespace is really interesting. Sent link to it in last mail. Link to youtube video following Rutgers and 3D articles http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160226-3d-printing-tactile-maps-for-the-blind-and-visually-impaired.html http://www.thestatesman.com/news/science-and-tech/3d-printer-creates-braille-maps-for-visually-impaired/126209.html http://3dprint.com/120917/rutgers-3d-printed-maps/ http://news.rutgers.edu/news/braille-maps-blind-and-visually-impaired-created-3-d-printing-technology-rutgers/20160221#.VuAuS__2afA How Technology Is Helping the Blind Navigate the Physical World http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/02/how_technology_helps_the_blind_navigate_the_physical_world.html Linespace Youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O_83U7P3bM New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2076693-3d-printed-display-lets-blind-people-explore-images-by-touch/ Link to article institute http://hpi.de/baudisch/projects/linespace.html You might want to have a look at the other projects, papers at Hasso-Plattner Institut. I came across Protopiper there. Really cool! I want one. It makes protoypes of things life size with tubes of tape.Thinking there must be uses for it in making accessible Images. Perhaps quickly make a scaled down dinosaur? Not palm size but 5 ft tall say. The other really neat part about it is that they give the instructions for making the tool oneself. http://hpi.de/baudisch/projects/protopiper.html http://www.instructables.com/id/Protopiper-Physically-Sketching-Room-sized-Objects/ BaltimoreLink Maps Available for Individuals With Visual Impairments To address the problem, CMRT, in conjunction with MTA and NFB, created a series of BaltimoreLink descriptive maps that enable individuals, regardless of visual ability, to understand the numerous changes that will impact Baltimore transit riders. This accessibility project, which was done free of charge, takes the user through a textual turn-by-turn description of where the route begins, the direction of travel throughout the route, significant stops and transfer points, and where the route ends. This descriptive method can complement visual maps and serve as a wayfinding tool for persons using screen-reading software such as JAWS or VoiceOver. http://www.masstransitmag.com/press_release/12159889/descriptive-baltimorelink-transit-improvement-maps-now-available-for-individuals-with-visual-impairments Telling stories with light and touch What would it be like to create images in the absence of light? googletag.impl.pubads.createDomIframe("a1_lifestyle_imu_ad_container" ,"/5908/asiaonelifestyle/imu1_0",false,false); This question prompted full-time artist Alecia Neo, 29, to work with people with varying degrees of visual impairment for the past three years.While doing her residency at an art studio in Taiwan in 2012, she organised a month-long photography workshop where she met six visually impaired participants.When she returned to Singapore, she started a mentorship programme with seven visually impaired students from Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School to create artwork http://news.asiaone.com/news/lifestyle/telling-stories-light-and-touch Sight Unseen Exhibit: Blind Artists are True Visionaries with Photos, Videos & 3D Printed Works Have you ever tried to imagine what it?s like to be blind? Most of us have at one point or another made a feeble attempt, with a blindfold, or our eyes squinting shut, to see if we could grope our way around the house successfully for a good five minutes at most, with our arms out in front of us, batting around at walls and objects. That might give you a good, quick sense of being in the dark for a short time, but when you tire of the game, it?s back to expediently cooking a nice meal and cleaning up dirty dishes with ease, driving yourself wherever you?d like to go, heading to the latest moveie with friends, and doing all the things we take for granted?like getting dressed and seeing yourself in the mirror, going to work and attending classes?and tending to our favorite hobbies in what free time is left..... Now, visually impaired photographers like Tara Miller and Pete Eckert have their viewers doing the adapting as they peer into another world, also represented in 3D printed form, in a new exhibition of photographs, videos and artwork called /Sight Unseen: International Photography by Blind Artists //. /The display can be seen in Winnipeg//at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights from February 20th to September 18th. http://3dprint.com/120864/sight-unseen-photos-3d-print/ Blind photographers hope exhibit of work will expose talent, shatter stereotypes When amateur photographer Tara Miller lost most of her vision in high school, she did what most people would expect?she put her camera away. It wasn?t until years later that Miller picked up a camera again and discovered a much richer experience. She used her keen hearing, the feeling of the lens focusing on a subject and even her sense of smell to frame an image. ?When I?m composing an image, I?m not really using my eyesight,? said Miller, now a professional commercial photographer in Winnipeg. ?There?s no difference with us being visually impaired or legally blind photographers. If we?re comfortable in what we?re shooting, we?re going to get that same result as someone who?s fully sighted.? Blind photographers like Miller are hoping a new exhibit at Winnipeg?s Canadian Museum for Human Rights, opening to the public this weekend and running until September, will help showcase talent and break down stereotypes surrounding the visually impaired. http://www.canadianinquirer.net/2016/02/19/blind-photographers-hope-exhibit-of-work-will-expose-talent-shatter-stereotypes/