[Nfb-science] A Question of Shape

[Christine Szostak]

Great, thank you for the suggestions.


Christine M. Szostak
Doctoral Candidate
Language Perception Laboratory
Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
szostak.1 at osu.edu
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From: "David Sexton" <david at rustytelephone.net>
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] A Question of Shape


> Hmm, Well, to do it in excel you might be able to do something like this 
> post about filling cells with random colour...
> I don't know much excel programming.
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/31013268/how-do-i-fill-cells-with-random-color.aspx
> If I were writing a program to do it I guess I'd have it first draw the 
> grid, then decide randomly which cells should be divided into triangles, 
> then decide randomly which squares should be red or black.
> No idea how to do triangles in excel...
> There are a few imaging libraries for python that might work...
>
> David Sexton
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> On 8/17/2011 1:54 PM, Christine Szostak wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  Sorry, I was quite tired when sending that message:).
>>
>>  Solidly colored triangles and squares (e.g., mixes of red triangles, 
>> black squares, and red squares). All shapes would be the same size.
>> Many thanks,
>> Christine
>>
>>
>> Christine M. Szostak
>> Doctoral Candidate
>> Language Perception Laboratory
>> Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
>> The Ohio State University
>> Columbus, Ohio
>> szostak.1 at osu.edu
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Sexton" 
>> <david at rustytelephone.net>
>> To: "NFB Science and Engineering Division List" <nfb-science at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 9:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] A Question of Shape
>>
>>
>>> What sort of shapes? squares, circles, ovoids?
>>> Will the shapes be printed or just you want lines on the screen, or 
>>> simply coordinates of shapes?
>>> This doesn't seem to difficult to do, just need more information...
>>>
>>> David Sexton
>>> +91 9400223351
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/17/2011 7:04 AM, Christine Szostak wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>    I have sort of an unusual question that I was wondering if anyone 
>>>> here might be able to provide some suggestions for.
>>>>
>>>>    For a project in my lab, I need to create grids of shapes ranging in 
>>>> size from 2x2 through 10x10. I was wondering if:
>>>>
>>>> a)  there is a way to do this without vision in something like 
>>>> Excel/Word/PowerPoint... while ensuring that shapes are placed 
>>>> properly.
>>>>
>>>> b)  Has anyone  here attempted something like this without vision using 
>>>> programming (e.g., mostly to automate the process, since shape location 
>>>> needs to be pseudorandomized) and how much success did you have without 
>>>> vision in doing so?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Christine
>>>> Christine M. Szostak
>>>> Doctoral Candidate
>>>> Language Perception Laboratory
>>>> Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
>>>> The Ohio State University
>>>> Columbus, Ohio
>>>> szostak.1 at osu.edu
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