[Blindtlk] Introduction.

[Mary Mc Gee]

Dear David;
	Our Art Center does, as I understand it, provide gloves upon
request.  I've also learned, and I shouldn't be surprised at this, that
I.D.B. staff has produced models of the sculptures in the park.  Pictures of
the models are posted on the I.D.B. Facebook page.  Next time I'm there,
I'll have to ask to see them in person.  
	The rapid 3-D technology sounds interesting.  I'll ask a couple of
architects I know what exposure they've had to it, if any.
Sincerely,
Mary


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Evans
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Introduction.


Dear Mary,

For touch access to the park, you can provide "white gloves" that blind 
people can put on and touch the models and objects.  This will leave them 
clean and free of skin oils.
There is also a technology called "rapid 3-D Proto typing" that makes use of

a drawing, or computer image and runs through a software program that drives

a laser which shines it's beam into a vat of special chemicals and where the

beam touches the chemicals, it hardens.
The beam then builds a 3-D object , one layer at a time until the complete 
object is finished.
Model makers now use this method to make objects for engineering and museums

static displays.

David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Mc Gee" <mmcatitude at gmail.com>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Introduction.


> Hello, Fellow Federationists!
>
>            I'm new to this net, so I want to introduce myself and ask any
> of you who wish to do so, to either post a response or email me, as I'd 
> like
> to take my desire to correspond into the twenty-first century.
>
>            I practice law in Des Moines, Iowa and have done so since 1992,
> when I became licensed.  Prior to that, I worked for an insurance company
> because I had to work for the money to pay for the law school without 
> taking
> loans.  Before that, I trained at the Iowa Orientation Center when Kenneth
> Jernigan was Director there.
>
>            It might be interesting to note that, when I was in 
> Orientation,
> we had no computers-we had IBM Selectric typewriters.  At the insurance
> company, I used one of those MagCard machines to do policy administration.
> The Kurzweil Reader was only an experiment then.
>
>            I had the segregated education of the Iowa Braille School for
> ten years, then finished public school with no accommodation whatsoever.
>
>            As you can tell, I'm fairly "old".  Consequently, I wrote a
> narrative for the Iowa History of Blindness project, which the Department 
> is
> currently doing.  Isn't the N.F.B. working on something similar?
>
>            Believe it or not, I don't own a cell phone!  Can you believe
> it?  I just don't see the economic feasibility of it, since we have to 
> keep
> phones turned off in court, etc.  I guess I figure, if someone wants to 
> find
> me, they can leave a message on my regular phone and I'll return the call.
>
>            Since I have some vision, I never learned Braille at the 
> Braille
> School.  Sounds strange, doesn't it?  Anyway, I learned it at the
> Orientation Center, but let it go over the years.  This winter, I'm
> relearning it so I can actually read it fast.
>
>            I'm currently Chair of the Access Advisory Board of the City of
> Des Moines.  The Board's function is to advise the Mayor, City Council, 
> and
> the public with respect to accessibility matters in City programs and
> facilities.  Right now, we're working with the Art Center and I.D.B. to 
> post
> a tactile map at the entrance to a sculpture park so that blind people 
> will
> be able to get a full perspective of the park when they visit it.
>
>            There's one aspect of the art park that I haven't really 
> figured
> out yet.  We're not supposed to touch the art.  The excuse is that the oil
> in human skin will damage the finish.  What?  This doesn't make sense to 
> me
> because I can testify that the birds touch the art and they leave deposits
> behind that you'd think would be more damaging than skin oil.  Go figure!
>
>            The assistive tech I use includes a Freedom Scientific Topaz
> CCTV, ZoomText with Speech, and some kind of genius device that lets me 
> use
> the Topaz screen as a monitor for two computers.  Michael Barber and 
> Curtis
> Chong know everything there is to know about this tech stuff, believe me!
>
>            I live only a few blocks from the I.D.B., so I walk there to
> check out and return library books.
>
>            As I said, I'd be interested in hearing from any of you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mary L. McGee, Attorney
>
> mmcatitude at gmail.com
>
> mlmcgee at q.com
>
>
>
>
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