[Blindmath] Version 0.0.1 of JpgToSig-A-01 is now available for download

[Richard Baldwin]

Amanda and I are pleased to announce that Version 0.0.1 of a new program
named JpgToSig-A-01 is now posted at
http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.zip and is available for
free and immediate downloading. (To save space on the server, the new
program is encapsulated in a zip file along with the earlier program named
SVGDraw01.)

JpgToSig-A-01 makes it easier for sighted teachers and others who assist
blind students to enhance bitmap images, convert them to SIG files, and
emboss them in the enhanced format on an embosser that accepts the Duxbury
QuickTac SIG file format for graphics data. (This is the same program that
I use to help Amanda emboss bitmap images for her physics and math courses
on her Juliet embosser.)

This version of the program is not accessible to blind users because it
requires the use of a mouse, a slider, and an onscreen visual display to
adjust a threshold in the enhancement algorithm for best results on each
individual image. (An accessible version designed for use by blind students
will be published in the upcoming weeks.)

The program applies a sophisticated image processing algorithm to the
full-color bitmap image for the purpose of identifying and retaining the
salient features of the image prior to converting to black and white format.

The program also employs a presentation format that is designed to provide
an enhanced tactile presentation of those salient features on embossers
with limited paper width.

To use this free program, simply download the zip file using the link that
is provided above, extract the contents of the zip file into an empty
Windows folder, read the file named __ReadMeFirst.txt, and start processing
bitmap files.

A copy of the user instruction file named JpgToSig-A-01-Instructions.htm is
attached to this message.

Please let me know if this program works for you and provide suggestions
for improvement.
-- 
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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