[accessibleimage] Re: Accessible Freehand Drawing

Hi Will,

Wonderful.  The idea about using it with Mimeo I think is very good. Susan
 Osterhaus' mail awhile back was very intersting about using a Mimio.
What will the pen be like?

Best,
Lisa



accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx skrev 14. desember 2006 kl. 11:12 +0000:
>Hi,  
>
>If you had an accessible freehand drawing tool what features would you
>like to see in it?  I've very recently finished a prototype freehand
>drawing tool
>that allows a blind person to explore, create, and modify diagrams using
>haptic I/O, which is similar to tactile diagrams.  This piece of software
>does
>*NOT* make a diagram accessible through speech, either through the use of
>a screen reader or by self-voicing, and I have no intention of making it
>do so. 
>
>The software has a limited set of features at the moment.  It uses a
>single pen to draw, which is in the form of a freeform line, and only
>works with black
>and white images; However, it has several advantages, namely, it uses the
>standard bitmap format and is allows for blind and sighted individuals to
>collaborate
>on drawing tasks together.  The software has several features designed to
>enable this integrated collaborative approach: networking that allows
>many people
>to collaborate together and a visual, as well as a haptic, user
>interface, both of which can be used separately or in combination. 
>
>One feature I'm thinking of investigating is incorperating support for
>the Mimeo range of electronic whiteboards.  My hope in investigating this
>is that
>including this, if possible, could really improve integration for blind
>students in a mainstream learning environment. 
>
>At the moment this is only a research prototype, but your ideas are
>welcome.  I'm hopefully going to begin making this publically available
>next year. 
>The main reason for this delay in availability is that haptic hardware is
>still very expensive; however, this is planned to change next year with
>the release
>of some low cost haptic devices.  As usual, this is a spare time project
>and the timline may slip on my part. 
>
>Will


Lisa Yayla
Huseby Kompetansesenter 
Oslo Norway
lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx

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