New products to assist in production of braille graphics.
Tactile graphics for the blind.
To learn more about tactile graphics get in touch with the lighthouse media and accessible design laboratory mad lab.
It also includes some resources on teaching students how to use tactile graphics.
With the intact sketchpad freehand tactile drawing has never been easier.
It includes a braille slate and stylus braille eraser rubber embossing pad ruler and foil sheets.
Welcome to the tactile graphics website.
Many tactile graphics are already available from the american printing house for the blind aph.
This article includes references on creating tactile graphics.
With good tactile graphics great results are possible.
Books are shipped anywhere in the world and payment can be made via paypal or eft.
The intact eraser makes it possible to erase and revise tactile lines by flattening them to the touch.
There are resources available.
Basic information on production methods and techniques.
A web version of the manual is also available.
It allows you to create raised line masters on heavy gauge aluminum that can be reproduced using a vacuum form machine.
Highlights on hardware and software.
Tactile graphics are a means of conveying non textual information to people who are blind or visually impaired and may include tactile representations of pictures maps graphs diagrams and other images.
Check with your tvi or in the math tools section to see if it is already available before spending time producing.
On this site you will find.
You don t have to do this alone.
Tactile graphics kit the tactile graphics kit available from aph allows teachers to create custom tactile graphics.
Guidelines for design of tactile graphics american printing house for the blind aph aph advises on design symbols lead lines labels indicators and scale for creating effective tactile graphics.
5 1 placement of tactile graphic.
With a good tactile graphic a blind person can lead a sighted person around a space.
Your tvi may be able to order these.
Tactile graphics books for blind and visually impaired preschool children 3 to 7 years a series of tactile graphic books educational games and activities for blind and visually impaired childen.
Bana recommended standards and practices for tactile graphics can be downloaded here.