[accessibleimage] Maps, sound bits

Hi,

Just took a quick look at the article on screen maps for VI. Would like to hear what others think, idea good, but tool tips get in the way. The *Map* Room: Online *Maps* for the *Visually Impaired* <http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2006/04/online_maps_for.php>
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cssmaps

Maps for the Visually Impaired
http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2007/03/maps_for_the_vi.php
http://ganis.spno.ca/?p=27
blog about National Resources Candada maps for visual impaired persons- maps that are multifunctional
http://tactile.nrcan.gc.ca/page.cgi?url=index_e.html


sound bites
Pulliam Trust grant boosts IUPUI research to help blind students
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5186.html

"By crafting short sound symbols around educational subjects, our project hopes to create a more powerfully memorable sound map of academic content to help those students for whom the marvelous advantages of computer technology are often a disadvantage: students who are blind or visually impaired," said Steve Mannheimer, professor of new media. Mannheimer is leading the project along with Mathew J. Palakal, associate dean for graduate studies and research and director of the Informatics Research Institute at IUPUI.

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