[Nfb-krafters-korner] Tactile Graphics Chat

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

Super, Joyce!  Job well done.  I sure hope it works on my embosser.  What a neat way to make a patern understandable for the blind.  If there is a way to shade, I would have no problem making a diagram of a loop coaster and much more.
Got to head to the dr.

Terry


-----Original Message-----
From: Blindhands at aol.com [mailto:Blindhands at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:04 PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tactile Graphics Chat

NFB Krafters Korner
October 17, 2011
Monday Night Chat
Special Time 9:30 p.M. Eastern time
 
I would like to invite everyone to join us for a Monday Night Chat October 17th at 9:30 PM Eastern time, 8:30 PM Central, 7:30 PM Mountain, 6:30 PM Pacific, 5:30 PM Alaska time!
 
We will have Professor Richard Baldwin as a guest speaker the creator  of a drawing program that he designed for the blind.
 
He states:
"Having been the sighted teacher of a blind student for several years,  I firmly believe that making it possible for blind and visually  impaired people, and particularly blind and visually impaired students in  STEM courses, to communicate using accurate printed and tactile graphics  will improve the quality of life and the likelihood of academic success for those students.
 
I have written a computer program that makes it possible, for the first time in history, for blind and visually impaired people to create such  graphics in an accessible and user-friendly way.
 
Version 0.0.8 of my drawing program for blind students is now posted  and available for free and immediate download at":
 
_http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.zip_
(http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.zip) 
 
He has agreed to join the NFB Krafters Division to chat and answer questions we may have about this new program he has developed. Please do  arrive on time.  There will be a Meet and Greet time beginning 15  minutes prior to the above scheduled time.
 
You will be charged your long distance service charges if you don't have unlimited long distance services.
 
218 862 3242, Dawn's Den, hit 1 twice, then 50 and the # sign.
 
Joyce  Kane
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