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ASSETS
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Automating tactile graphics translation
Access to graphical images (bar charts, diagrams, line graphs, etc.) that are in a tactile form (representation through which content can be accessed by touch) is inadequate for s...
Richard E. Ladner, Melody Y. Ivory, Rajesh Rao, Sh...
ASSETS
2008
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Refreshable tactile graphics applied to schoolbook illustrations for students with visual impairment
This article presents research on making schoolbook illustrations accessible for students with visual impairment. The MaskGen system was developed to interactively transpose illus...
Grégory Petit, Aude Dufresne, Vincent L&eac...
ASSETS
2007
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Automated tactile graphics translation: in the field
We address the practical problem of automating the process of translating figures from mathematics, science, and engineering textbooks to a tactile form suitable for blind student...
Chandrika Jayant, Matthew Renzelmann, Dana Wen, Sa...
HAPTICS
2010
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Laterotactile Rendering of Vector Graphics with the Stroke Pattern
Raised line patterns are used extensively in the design of tactile graphics for persons with visual impairments. A tactile stroke pattern was therefore developed to enable the rend...
Vincent Lévesque, Vincent Hayward
HT
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
A tactile web browser for the visually disabled
The dissemination of information available through the World Wide Web makes universal access more and more important and supports visually disabled people in their everyday life. ...
Martin Rotard, Sven Knödler, Thomas Ertl