[Blindmath] Updated version of my SVGDraw01 SWT/SVGbaseddrawingprogram

Sun Sep 4 03:58:47 UTC 2011

Yes. This made the curve much less noticeable. I recommend starting each 
image at the default size in firefox, and if using the vOICe to view a 
graph, listening for the first time through earphones.

Amanda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Baldwin" <baldwin at dickbaldwin.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Updated version of my SVGDraw01 
SWT/SVGbaseddrawingprogram

>I interpret that to mean that your vOICe scans didn't include the entire
> picture because part of the picture was outside of the browser window. Is
> that a correct interpretation?
>
> Dick Baldwin
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I see how I made the mistake. When using firefox to display the image, I
>> need to be careful to change it back to the default size before making 
>> other
>> changes.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Baldwin" <
>> baldwin at dickbaldwin.com>
>> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" <
>> blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 8:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Updated version of my SVGDraw01 SWT/SVG
>> baseddrawingprogram
>>
>>
>>  CsvTest01.csv is an inverted parabola that begins at the upper-left 
>> corner
>>> of the page. Moving from left to right, the slope continually increases
>>> with
>>> maximum slope at the right end.
>>>
>>> CsvTest02.csv is a parabola that begins at 0,0 and increases in slope
>>> moving
>>> from left to right.
>>>
>>> CsvTest03.txt is the same as CsvTest02.csv
>>>
>>> Dick Baldwin
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  The test csv files all work. If I haven't switched things around, they
>>>> are
>>>> a descending line and two rising lines in that order.
>>>>
>>>> Amanda
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Baldwin" <
>>>> baldwin at dickbaldwin.com>
>>>> To: "BlindMath Mailing List" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: "Chris von See" <chris at techadapt.com>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 6:41 PM
>>>> Subject: [Blindmath] Updated version of my SVGDraw01 SWT/SVG based
>>>> drawingprogram
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I have posted an updated version of my SVGDraw01 drawing program at
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.austincc.edu/<http:****//www.austincc.edu/baldwin/****<http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/**>
>>>>> SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar<http://**www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-**
>>>>> SVG/SVGDraw01.jar<http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar<****http://www.austincc.edu/**
>>>>> baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar<**http://www.austincc.edu/**
>>>>> baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar<http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The new version contains many updates to improve the accessibility of
>>>>> the
>>>>> program. I will be interested in hearing your feedback on those 
>>>>> updates.
>>>>>
>>>>> The new version also contains a new feature that makes it much easier 
>>>>> to
>>>>> use
>>>>> in some situations. When drawing a polyline or a polygon, you can now
>>>>> import
>>>>> a csv file that contains the data, thereby eliminating the rather
>>>>> tedious
>>>>> process of entering the x and y coordinate values individually. This 
>>>>> is
>>>>> by
>>>>> far the easiest and most reliable approach if your polyline or polygon
>>>>> has
>>>>> more than two or three vertices.
>>>>>
>>>>> More detailed instructions regarding this feature, along with general
>>>>> operational instructions and three sample csv files are contained in 
>>>>> an
>>>>> attached file titled _Instructions.zip. Try drawing the csv files. Use
>>>>> Amanda's approach with vOICe to see if you can identify the 
>>>>> mathematical
>>>>> function described by each graph. If you have access to a graphical
>>>>> embosser, try embossing them to see how well that works. They should 
>>>>> be
>>>>> embossed in an 8.5x11 inch portrait format. I will also be interested 
>>>>> in
>>>>> hearing your feedback on this new feature.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>> Dick Baldwin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Richard Baldwin <
>>>>> baldwin at dickbaldwin.com
>>>>> >**wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  For those who may be interested, I have posted my first attempt at
>>>>>
>>>>>> putting
>>>>>> an SWT GUI front end on my SVG graphics library and have posted the
>>>>>> resulting program in a file named SVGDraw01.jar at the following URL:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.austincc.edu/****baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar<http://www.austincc.edu/**baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar>
>>>>>> <**http://www.austincc.edu/**baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar<http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.jar>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would appreciate it if some of you would download the program, try
>>>>>> it,
>>>>>> and provide feedback in several different areas. You will need the 
>>>>>> Java
>>>>>> virtual machine installed on your computer to run the program. On
>>>>>> Windows,
>>>>>> you can run the program either by double-clicking on the jar file, or
>>>>>> by
>>>>>> opening a command prompt in the folder containing the jar file and
>>>>>> entering
>>>>>> the following command at the command prompt:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> java -jar SVGDraw01.jar
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When the program starts running, you should find yourself in an SWT
>>>>>> Combo
>>>>>> object with an item labeled "User Instructions" highlighted. Pressing
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Enter key at this point will take you to the beginning of a page
>>>>>> containing
>>>>>> user instructions. A screen reader should tell you to press shift-tab
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> return to the combo box or to press the tab key to continue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pressing the tab key will cause the screen reader to begin reading 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> instructions. At the end of the instructions, the screen reader 
>>>>>> should
>>>>>> tell
>>>>>> you to "Press tab to return to the combo box." (Of course, you can
>>>>>> press
>>>>>> tab
>>>>>> at any time. You don't need to wait until the screen reader finishes
>>>>>> reading
>>>>>> the instructions.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can navigate up and down the list in the combo box using the 
>>>>>> arrow
>>>>>> keys
>>>>>> and act on an item by pressing the Enter key when that item is
>>>>>> selected.
>>>>>> The
>>>>>> combo box currently contains the following items:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> User instructions (which is what you should do first)
>>>>>> Start a new drawing (which is what you should do next)
>>>>>> Draw a line
>>>>>> Draw a rectangle
>>>>>> Draw a circle
>>>>>> Draw an ellipse
>>>>>> Draw a polyline
>>>>>> Draw a polygon
>>>>>> Write drawing file (which is what you should do next to last)
>>>>>> Stop program (which is what you should do last)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When you press the Enter key on the item labeled "Start a new 
>>>>>> drawing,"
>>>>>> an
>>>>>> empty SVG page of a specified size with optional title and 
>>>>>> description
>>>>>> attributes will be created in memory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When you press the Enter key on the item labeled "Write drawing 
>>>>>> file",
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> SVG page will be written to an output SVG file with a name of your
>>>>>> choosing
>>>>>> and an extension of .svg.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Between starting a new drawing and writing the drawing file, you can
>>>>>> add
>>>>>> elements for any number of any of the six shapes (which are the SVG
>>>>>> basic
>>>>>> shapes) in any order to the SVG page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When you press the Enter key on a shape item, you will land on a form
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> allows you to enter the most commonly used attributes for that shape.
>>>>>> Fill
>>>>>> in the blanks, check the check boxes (if any), and finally push the
>>>>>> button
>>>>>> labeled "Push to draw ---" to add the shape element to the SVG page.
>>>>>> You
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> navigate up and down the the form with the tab key and shift-tab.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would appreciate receiving feedback in at least the following 
>>>>>> areas.
>>>>>> Feedback in other areas not listed below will be appreciated also.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Will the program be accessible to a blind student? What could be
>>>>>> done
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> improve accessibility?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Will the navigation structure of the program be functionally 
>>>>>> useful
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> blind student? What could be done to improve the navigational
>>>>>> functionality
>>>>>> and make the program easier to use?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3. Will the "fill-in-the-blanks" concept for creating technical
>>>>>> diagrams
>>>>>> and drawings, such as vector diagrams and free-body diagrams, be 
>>>>>> useful
>>>>>> to a
>>>>>> blind student? If so, which of the many additional capabilities of 
>>>>>> SVG,
>>>>>> such
>>>>>> as arcs, paths, etc., would be appropriate as an upgrade to the
>>>>>> program.
>>>>>> (I'm already planning on adding the ability to create text elements. 
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> haven't resolved all the questions regarding fonts yet.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4. To what extent is the output SVG file compatible with graphics
>>>>>> embossers
>>>>>> that can work with SVG files as input? What could be done to improve
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> compatibility?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dick Baldwin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 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
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> Austin Community College
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