[Blindmath] touchpads for drawing and feedback...

[Birkir R. Gunnarsson]

This is wy I am excited about touch screen (iPod/iPad/Android
touchscreen tablets) for mathematics.
Could be a heck of a game changer, once math accessibility comes to
these devices.
I don't have the link handy, but a student at Standford created a
Perkins style braille input for an Android device that adjusts to your
fingers, and demoed it, among other things, for braille input for
chemistry (you can YouTube search it I am sure).
In addition to this, these devices with touch screens are pretty
capable of giving spatial information for math,something that speech
alone or refreshable braille displays can't do to any meaningful
degree, well, not unless transcribing or describing it, rather than
letting the user actually experience it directly that is.


On 11/10/11, Neal <neal at duxsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Richard et al:
> I know that www.wacomcom has a full range and sizes of touch pads.
> I am not sure of the current details.
> I think they have one that responds to touch but I am not positive.
> If I get more definitive information I will forward it.
>
> If you have a computer/laptop with a "touchpad"/display,
> then I would think that would also work?
>
> Cheers,
> Neal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Richard Baldwin
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 10:38 PM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] touchpads for drawing and feedback...
>
> Viewplus delivers a large touchpad with their IVEO system. Actually, I'm
> not certain, but I believe they have two sizes, one of which they refer to
> as portable or words to that effect. I don't know what brand it actually is
> or what software drivers come with it.
>
> I have been looking at a Wacom Bamboo, but it is only about half that size.
> The Wacom that I have now is much smaller and only works with a stylus.
> Other than being small and requiring a stylus, it works very well and the
> configuration software does what I need it to do.
>
> Dick Baldwin
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:51 PM, David Engebretson Jr. <
> davide at soundandscience.com> wrote:
>
>> I've been trying to find a touchpad, in lew of a mouse, that would work
>> with the program dr. baldwin has been creating  to evaluate shapes with
>> sound feedback.
>>
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for a touchpad that is at least
>> 8.5x11, scale-able with screen resolution, and is plug and play with usb
> on
>> a windows xp machine.
>>
>> suggestions?
>>
>> best,
>> david
>>
>>
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