[Blindmath] Version 0.0.19 of SVGDraw01 with AudioTac is now available for download

Sun Nov 13 12:36:24 UTC 2011

Ken,

The URL was so long, my e-mail client Eudora) broke it in two; the 
first page I went to was nonsensical.  When I concatinated the two 
pieces back together, all was well.

Not sure how many other folks had this problem but perhaps a bitly in 
this case might be a good thing...

Ben

At 06:02 PM 11/12/2011, you wrote:

>This is a link to a 3d controller we have in the office.  It explains how it
>works.
>
>
>http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/07/gdc-2007-novint-falcon-haptic-feedbac
>k-pc-controller
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Richard Baldwin
>Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 2:46 PM
>To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Version 0.0.19 of SVGDraw01 with AudioTac is now
>available for download
>
>Hi Ken,
>
>I don't know what you mean by 3D controller, but I am interested.
>
>Tell me more.
>
>Dick Baldwin
>
>On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Ken Perry <kperry at blinksoft.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Have you thought of making this work with the 3d controllers?  I know
> > a few research projects are using them to look at maps.
> >
> > ken
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> > On
> > Behalf Of Richard Baldwin
> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 12:51 PM
> > To: BlindMath Mailing List; accessibleimage at freelists.org
> > Subject: [Blindmath] Version 0.0.19 of SVGDraw01 with AudioTac is now
> > available for download
> >
> > Although the name of the program is SVGDraw01, this is not a posting
> > about SVG. Instead, this is a posting about making it possible for
> > blind people to communicate with the rest of the world through the use
> > of the mathematical concepts embodied in the Cartesian Coordinate
> > System.
> >
> > Version 0.0.19 of my drawing program for blind users is now posted at:
> > http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.zip and is available
> > for immediate downloading.
> >
> > The new material in this version consists primarily of the addition of
> > new features that make the AudioTac Display more accessible and more
>useful.
> >
> > The name AudioTac is a combination of the words audio and tactile. The
> > improved AudioTac feature makes it possible for blind users to
> > interpret drawings using sound and screen-reader-speech in conjunction
> > with an embossed tactile grid system mounted on a touchpad.  (A
> > standard mouse can also be used, but a touchpad, which allows more
> > direct contact between the nerves in the finger and the tactile grid,
> > is probably more effective.)
> >
> > More specifically, AudioTac makes it possible for blind users to trace
> > out the shapes in a drawing by moving a finger on a tactile grid
> > system while a screen reader speaks information about the shapes (when
> > requested) and a tone generator emits stereo sounds that are unique to
> > each shape. The new screen-reader-speech output can be particularly
> > useful in identifying a particular shape (among several shapes) that you
>want to trace.
> >
> > The new feature involving screen-reader-speech is somewhat
> > experimental and feedback on this new feature will be appreciated. For
> > reasons that are too complicated to discuss here, it was necessary for
> > me to implement this feature using Java Swing instead of Java SWT,
> > which is used through the rest of the program. Although Java Swing is
> > known to have some accessibility issues, the new feature works well
> > with NVDA. I would like to hear whether it does, or does not work with
> > other screen readers.
> >
> > AudioTac is not a replacement for an embosser. Instead, AudioTac
> > provides blind users with a "quick look" at the drawing during the
> > drawing process and prior to embossing the finished drawing. This can
> > be particularly important when an embossing process is being used that
> > requires expensive media, such as special paper.
> >
> > I won't suggest that it is easy to use AudioTac to follow the boundary
> > of a shape with your finger, or to form a mental image of the geometry
> > of the shape by following that boundary. However, once you learn to do
> > that, the results can be very rewarding. The combination of the
> > drawing features of the program and the ability to interpret drawings
> > through a combination of sound, screen-reader-speech, and touch will
> > make it possible for you to economically communicate with the rest of
> > the world using the mathematical concepts embodied by the Cartesian
>Coordinate System.
> >
> >
> > First, however, you need to download the zip file using the link that
> > is provided above.
> >
> > Next, you need to extract all of the material from the zip file into
> > an empty folder being careful to preserve the directory tree
> > structure. Don't extract into the root directory. One user has
> > reported problems accessing the Help file when the contents of the zip
> > file were extracted into the root folder.
> >
> > Execute the file named RunSVGDraw01.bat to run the program. You may
> > get a warning that the program came from an unidentified source. Only
> > you can decide whether to ignore the warning and run the program, or to
>cancel out.
> >
> > It is not necessary for you to have Java or any other special software
> > installed on your computer to run this program. You should even be
> > able to extract the contents of the zip file onto a USB flash drive
> > and run the program on any Windows system, Version XP or later, with
> > 32-bit or 64-bit hardware. Of course, you don't have to use a USB
> > flash drive, I mention that simply to emphasize the flexibility that
> > you have with the program.
> >
> > When the program starts, you will land on Home Base from which you can
> > press
> > F1 to open the help file, or select any of the actions provided by the
> > menus. Instructions for opening the menus are printed on Home Base.
> > Alternatively, you can simply open the file named
> > SvgDraw01.Instructions.htm in your browser and read the instructions
> > without running the program. A copy of the instruction file is
> > attached to this message.
> >
> > baldwin at dickbaldwin.com
> >
> > --
> > Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
> > Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials http://www.DickBaldwin.com
> >
> > Professor of Computer Information Technology Austin Community College
> > (512) 223-4758
> > mailto:Baldwin at DickBaldwin.com
> > http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/
> >
> >
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>
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