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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Unfortunately there is not a standard format yet. Most of the companies are doing their own thing. Monarch and Graphiti can handle different file format but they can be regular images like jpeg, png, bmp. Some o like the grpahiti have a csv file style as well that you can make a text file to make the dots at different highest and even cause them to blink. All of the current ones has some way to take regular graphics and show it to varying levels of success. All of them have ways to change filters for either color or brightness or grey scale and ways to invert from light to dark because depending on hwo the tactile comes out it looks better inverted or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>There are other displays like the Metech one, the Dot which uses the same dots as the monarch. There is the Kadence and the Kadence has some other displays that the company is working on that uses the same dots. When we started working on the Graphiti in before 2016 I don’t have the exact date it was between 2013 and 2016 I can find it but just don’t have it in my head. When we started work on it there were 65 different companies working on different technologies. I might go back and revise that list and see how many I can get a hold of now days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>There is even one that a research is working on that runs on methane and moves the pins like a piston of a car. Yes with tiny explosions. Pretty crazy if you ask me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This is the coolest one right here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://metec-ag.de/en/produkte-graphik-display.php">https://metec-ag.de/en/produkte-graphik-display.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I have even seen displays that flip half sphears over to cause the dots to rise under a rubber barrier .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Tactile-Talk <tactile-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alfred D'Agostino via Tactile-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 19, 2024 9:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tactile Talk for the discussion of the display and use of graphics on refreshable Braille platforms <tactile-talk@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Alfred D'Agostino <alfred.t.dagostinophd@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tactile-Talk] newhaptics<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Good morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Aside from the development of a full-page display from Newhaptics, and the Graphiti and Monarch, are there any other existing devices or ones being developed?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>In general, what form does a graphic have to be in to be translated into the raised-dot format? on these devices? That is, taking a photocopy and digitizing it into bitmap; or if already in digital form, how is it translated into ‘pixels’ on the device. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>How does a figure in a online digital textbook get translated? Is there a standard protocol / interface?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Alfred<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 7:32<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM Ken Perry via Tactile-Talk <<a href="mailto:tactile-talk@nfbnet.org">tactile-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Yes I have seen it. This is an off shoot of University of Michigan and was<br>called the Holy Braille. If you do a search you can probably find a video<br>on it. It runs on Air and the under lying technology has a rubber mat<br>like material that pushes up pins. It can run on a air pump or CO2<br>cartridge. It has micro vacuoles that open and close to move the pins up<br>and down. I like how compact the material is and I have helped with some of<br>my knowledge in the past . I have my worries about its power source but they<br>are showing the technology now and it can be resized to make larger<br>displays. I say the more types of technologies out there the better. <br><br><br><br><br>From: Tactile-Talk <<a href="mailto:tactile-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">tactile-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> On Behalf Of Rich<br>Caloggero via Tactile-Talk<br>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 5:44 PM<br>To: 'Tactile Talk for the discussion of the display and use of graphics on<br>refreshable Braille platforms' <<a href="mailto:tactile-talk@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">tactile-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br>Cc: Rich Caloggero <<a href="mailto:rjc@mit.edu" target="_blank">rjc@mit.edu</a>><br>Subject: [Tactile-Talk] newhaptics<br><br>Anyone heard of this company or seen their haptic display? They were at CSUN<br>this past spring.<br><br><br><a href="https://www.newhaptics.com/about" target="_blank">https://www.newhaptics.com/about</a><br><br><br>-- <br>Rich Caloggero<br>Accessibility Specialist<br>Disability and Access Services<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tactile-Talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tactile-Talk@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Tactile-Talk@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tactile-talk_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tactile-talk_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for<br>Tactile-Talk:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tactile-talk_nfbnet.org/kperry%40blinksoft.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tactile-talk_nfbnet.org/kperry%40blinksoft<br>.com</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tactile-Talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tactile-Talk@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Tactile-Talk@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tactile-talk_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tactile-talk_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Tactile-Talk:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tactile-talk_nfbnet.org/alfred.t.dagostinophd%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tactile-talk_nfbnet.org/alfred.t.dagostinophd%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>