[Nfb-science] ideas for labeling small 3-D printed objects

[Donald Winiecki]

If the bar code can be associated with an audio file describing the
artifact, a certain measure of accessibility can be achieved!

If the same bar code were to be associated with a BRF (or similar file)
that could be sent to a refreshable braille display that would provide a
different level of accessibility!

Use of a bar code would require a bar code reader.  Modern smartphones have
the capability to read bar codes, and web resources could be developed that
allow the smartphone to use the bar code to jump to those resource, and
then play audio, or send BRF to an attached refreshable braille display.

Tactile braille labels can certainly be created for each replica artifact.
This label could also include the bar code incorporated into the artifact
itself.

>From there the work of museum design comes into play to invent a physical
display structure that allows museum patrons to inspect and manipulate the
artifacts while also having access to audio, electronic braille, and/or
tactile braille.

I imagine a table-height array of cubbies or compartments, with one
artifact in each compartment.  The arrangement of compartments and included
artifacts would allow a patron to
​move from one end of the display to the other in order to ​
experience the artifacts in a particular order
​,​
so that important time-related cultural, material and usage characteristics
are learned in
​the sequence that you -- as the anthropological expert -- consider to be
important.

In my professional history I have been part of the design, construction and
installation of several cultural and military history museums and find this
to be an exciting possibility!

Hope I haven't over analyzed this, or stepped on anyone's toes.

Best,

_don

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Don Winiecki
Handid Media • a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
dwiniecki at handid.org
http://handid.org
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Cheryl Fogle-Hatch via Nfb-science <
nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am working with a local 3-D scanning company to scan and produce
> replicas of artifacts.  We are working with a collection of stone
> spear points that are small and triangular in shape.  I am looking for
> ideas about affixing Braille labels to them, or embedding something
> higher tech into the models as they are made.  The company usually
> puts a bar code on the replicas, so figuring out how to access that
> information is also a possibility.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> Cheryl
>
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