[Pibe-division] question about tactiles

[Anita Adkins]

Hello,

When in college, I used a raised line drawing board from the Braille bookstore to have my reader create the tactile pictures for me. Also, a better way to do it would be to use QuickTack to create the picture, which could then be Brailled using a Braille embosser. I know there were symbols, but I can’t remember all of them. Smile. It seems to me one image was arrows pointing around a circle. It also seems the letter h was used to represent a hot airmass, and other letters were used. I remember one airmass was several concentric circles. Sorry, I knew the content at the time, but can’t remember it now. My best advice as a blind student would be to cut out the shape of the airmass so that it could be placed over the US Map, of which there are already several tactile versions. Without discussing it, I cannot assist further. You can find QuickTack at:
http://www.duxburysystems.com/tgd.asp?choice=quick
Note there is a beta version, making it a cheap way to create quality tactile graphics. I believe sight is required to create the graphics. Anita

From: ann at acunningham.com 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 6:17 PM
To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List 
Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] question about tactiles

you might see if the Sensational Blackboard would work. go to http://www.SensationalBooks.com scroll down the page a little way and play the video. That will show you the basics. To use it for weather maps you would just xerox the image onto copy paper and then trace the lines you need to show the different weather patterns. If one image would be too cluttered to make a useful tactile graphic, reproduce the image a number of times and split up the information on to different pages. You can label with a slate and stylus on the page or add Brailled labels. 

I have found that it works best if you can trace the image with the student so that they can feel exactly what you are talking about as you draw each new part. 

my phone number is below if you have questions. Ann

Ann Cunningham
Tactile Art - a creative way to see the world!
303 238 4760
ann at acunningham.com
http://www.acunningham.com
http://www.sensationalbooks.com 



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  Subject: [Pibe-division] question about tactiles
  From: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
  Date: Mon, November 05, 2012 2:38 pm
  To: aernet <aernet at lists.aerbvi.org>, Professionals in Blindness
  Education Division List <pibe-division at nfbnet.org>

  I am working with a 7th grade student who is in the process of
  learning braille. He likes tactiles. In science they are studying
  weather and weather patterns. There are maps showing air pressure,
  air speed, and frontal movement across the U.S. My first question is
  are there braille symbols for air speed and pressure and similar
  symbols. My second question is how to show these on a map of the U.S.
  I hoped APH TGIL would be helpful but it was not.

  I appreciate all of your help.

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