[nabs-l] IT concepts and diagrams

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

I have the board, but it did not come with the stylus. I got the mat and 
stylus separately, but I do not use the stylus because it does not work 
properly. An aide that I had once had one of the styluses that worked 
correctly, but mine does not. You do not have to use the stylus on the 
plastic paper. If you use a regular ink pen and press hard, it will raise 
up.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IT concepts and diagrams


> Nicole,
> When you say you have a rubber mat and plastic paper, are you refering to 
> that rubber  board and plastic film where you draw with a stylus? Not a 
> braille stylus, another kind that looks like a pen.
> If so, it’s the drafsman tactile drawing board. If not, do  you know what 
> its called?
>
> Also, special paper and a heat pen sound interesting. Anyone know what its 
> called and what it costs?
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:10 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IT concepts and diagrams
>
> Can you please explain why you don't want to use wiki sticks? I might be
> wrong, but they work well for on the fly diagram creation, and you don't
> have to make the picture backwards like you have to with most kits.
> Also, I have a rubber mat and plastic paper. I ran out of the original
> plastic paper, so I use the plastic paper that is on the outside of 
> printer
> paper packages. If you draw with a pen or other point on the plastic paper
> on the mat, it will make the line rise up. I like this better than drawing
> backwards. Finally, if someone makes pictures for you, there is a special
> paper that you can buy that raises up when exposed to heat. My aide in
> secondary school had a heat pen.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:13 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] IT concepts and diagrams
>
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> So I am in this IT class which is an introduction to computer concepts. 
>> We go over what is in a compputer, how it runs and
>> the Office suite.
>>
>> We just did the information processing cycle. My professor is really 
>> helping me out during office hours. She even brought in parts of a 
>> computer.
>> So I got to feel part of a motherboard and hard drive! Wow, I never knew 
>> hard drives had those round stackable disks. The book had pictures of 
>> these parts. Since I could not see them well, she thought it would be a 
>> great idea for me to have hands on exposure.
>>
>> Many diagrams are in the book; like every other page. And I’m not 
>> exaggerating. The book is named Computers: understanding technology. So 
>> if anyone used it, you know what its about. It’s a pretty good book about 
>> what is in a computer overall; it even explains the function of a mouse 
>> and keyboard even though everyone knows what they do. We just finished 
>> covering the information processing cycle and now we are on software 
>> programs.
>> Anyway, I’m thinking of ways to see these pictures or better visualize 
>> them. I have some vision so I thought of using those dark 20/20 pens but 
>> to my knowledge they are not in color; I want something in color. Hmm. 
>> Maybe Mr sketch markers; although I don’t want something that thick. I 
>> want something like a 20/20 pen in color; like basic colors such as red 
>> and green.
>> What can I do for tactile graphics?
>>
>> What are other ways to create tactile diagrams? Any tape you found good? 
>> I don’t want to use wiki sticks.
>> My professor describes the concept or picture to me; for instance if 
>> there are arrows, she explains what its pointing to. But sometimes IMO I’d 
>> like a diagram of stuff.
>> Maybe I should buy that graph paper from APH to discuss cells so I can 
>> understand that spatial relationship when we do excell.
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