[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting charts

[Ruth Williams]

 Hi Tracy,
Miss Ruth from New Jersey here. I don't usually reply to our group's emails, mainly because I'm a work-in-progress when it comes to technology of any kind. I might inadvertently reply to Santa Claus instead of the group!
But I wanted to comment here because your advocacy is commendable. Most people may think of the crafters' division as a hobby group, but there's a lot of fighting for our rights that goes on, too.
Look how much effort you've already put into getting what people who are fully-sighted take for granted: instructions for a craft project. Not a lot to ask!
So I just wanted to thank you for going the extra mile, and for sharing it with the group. It helps the rest of us when we come up against the same kind of walls.
You put Norma Rae to shame! Smile!
Warm regards,
Miss Ruth
    On Sunday, November 1, 2020, 11:24:21 AM EST, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:  
 
 Hi Terry.
It's a thought.  I'll ask the store owner.  I'm not sure it's a company.  It
might be whoever organizes the Wool Walk.  But maybe they used some kind of
converter to make a picture into a chart, and maybe they can take the next
step to convert the chart to written.
Reading online, looking for converters, it seems like a lot of knitters
think people don't use charts because they're too lazy to learn how to do
it.  They don't think of blind people at all.  No big surprise, but very
annoying.
Tracy


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Tracy;
Have you written to the company that the patterns came from.  Let them know
they are not accessable!
More people would use their products, if their patterns were accessable!
Maybe they can convert them for you!

Terry


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Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting charts

I was all excited about my next project, which was a blanket made of picture
squares about New Jersey.  Then I found out that all the squares are
charted, no written instructions at all.  Really, why do dishcloths,
essentially, need to be charted!  I'd like to get my hands on whoever
decided that and give her a good shake.  

The owner of my local yarn store found a  website that says it has software
to convert charts to written instructions, but neither of us can figure out
how to make that happen.  I've written to them twice now, asking how it's
done, but have yet to get any answer.  The conversion software is only
available to paid members, but it's only $3, so I forked over my one-month
fee, but it still doesn't work.  If anyone else wants to have a go, the site
is stitchfiddle.com.  Really, even if I had to have AIRA spend a few minutes
marking which symbol means what, it would be fantastic, but I can't even get
that far.

Then I found another site that also says it can convert, but the input it
wants is a picture, a .jpg or .jpeg file, and what I have is .pdf.

I wish I knew how to write OCR software.  I'd write the darn thing myself.
It doesn't seem ridiculously hard.  But, though I'm a programmer, I'm not
that kind of programmer.

Anyway, if anyone knows of software that can convert from chart to written,
or even from chart into characters that a computer or braille display can
recognize, I'd love to know about it.

Tracy

 

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