[Nfb-krafters-korner] more picture info

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

Lindi;
If we can get this working, Look at the patern world it would open up to you.  Any one you know in your country or in the US could mail you diagrams of paterns, shapes...
It would open up a new way of shairing paterns and ideas!

Terry P.
 

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From: Lindy van der Merwe [mailto:stephlin at iafrica.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:23 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] more picture info

Thank you, Joyce.
I find this all very interesting. I find the idea of being able to draw with a computer program, and as a blind person, quite fascinating. I am sure there are all kinds of uses for such a program, e.g. being able to draw simple shapes/pictures of basic objects, numbers and letters for our children, card making, scrap booking, and of course for crafts that may become more accessible by using such a program, not to mention the possibilities for blind students and teachers.
Here in South Africa, as in other countries, braille printers are quite expensive for the average blind person and there are only a few places that will do braille embossing; normally it can take a long time too, so there is a waiting period.
So, I would be interested in other ways of making the print into a tactile format, which will enable one to do a drawing, print or emboss, or whatever, and feel what you have drawn.
I also like the idea of being able to write a line of text. I can see some possibilities for this too.
Lindy
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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:47 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] more picture info


> OK I found out what PIAF is.  By the way in case anyone wants to know  
> P I A F stands for pictures in a flash.  The machine that basically  
> produces this is a heating unit.  The price for it is $1399 plus $45  shipping.
> This
> only can produce black and white photos.  That is what  I was told by 
> a company that sells these babies.  Professor Baldwin also  mentioned 
> that the paper used to produce these graphics with this cost 80 cents  
> per sheet.
>
> So that is that information for us.
>
>
>
> Joyce  Kane
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