[accessibleimage] Re: photography, Molly Sweeney, color blindness,artist, web accessibility

Hi,
Articles about web accessibility, candle making, tools for color
blindness and articles about 2 artists.
A bit off subject but, a link to a site that shows how vision develops
over time, how babies at different ages see.
http://tinyeyes.com/tinyeyes/index.php
Wasn't able to get it to work though - so not so sure.

Regards,
Lisa

links
Flickr: Blind Photographers
http://oberazzi.blogspot.com/
Championing True Equal Access
http://ability.aol.com/ability/index.php?ID=73
IVICA: Spatial Parsing
http://www.markbernstein.org/Oct0601/IVICASpatialParsing.html

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1162319543182010.xml&coll=6
Molly Sweeney
http://www.manchesterjournal.com/ci_4561171
color blind eyepilot
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06296/732311-96.stm
www.Ryobi-sol.co.jp/visolve/en/
Visolve is the software that transforms colors of the computer display
into the discriminable colors for various people including people with
color vision deficiency, commonly called color blindness. One of its
aims is to help people with color blindness guess a normal color.

www.Vischeck.com

Better than perfect
http://www.csindy.com/csindy/2006-10-26/personalspace.html


J. T. Dalton paints mural on his grandfather's Apple Valley garage door
http://www.hometownsource.com/2006/October/31garagedoor.html

candles
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/News/102006/candle.htm
http://www.makingcandlessimple.com/Home_Page.html

articles

Flickr: Blind Photographers
I have started a Flickr group for Flickr: Blind Photographers. If you
are not familiar with Flickr, it is a photo-sharing community. This
group is meant for blind and visually impaired phtographers to display
their work. Please check it out.


web and accessibility Championing True Equal Access
excerpt
Graphics could be described to a blind user, or to a user whose eyes
were engaged elsewhere, by parsing the text in an image tag's ALT
attribute?assuming that a page author used ALT informatively, rather
than providing typical but useless ALT text such as "right-click to
download."

web
Another interesting IVICA talk was Luis Francisco-Revilla's work on
spatial hypertext for the visually impaired -- especially for
non-sighted people.
Spatial hypertext is tends to be fundamentally visual: when we work in
the Tinderbox map, we're expressing spatial relationships so we can see
emergent structure. For example, here's a page in his javascript spatial
hypertext tool WARP.
Luis' paper this year discussed how the spatial parser, which VIKI and
its descendants use to automatically recognize patterns in the hypertext
map, might help non-sighted people deal with the spatial structure of
complex Web pages,
It would be nice, for example, if a screen reader could automatically
figure out that this text is the main story and this is a sidebar and
that is a pull-quote or an ad.



excerpt
New software helps the color-blind read screens better
People with colorblindness can encounter trouble with Web sites or with
graphics just as they can have difficulty reading traffic signals or
picking out clothes that don't clash. Certain combinations of font and
background colors can make the text on a Web site invisible to a
colorblind person. Graphics can be impossible to decipher -- imagine
trying to read a color-coded map or pie chart where some of the colors
are indistinguishable from each other. Photographs can lose much of
their contrast.

There is software available, though, that can help colorblind people
detect the differences among colors on their computer screens. And as
color graphics and displays become more complex, these programs can even
assist people with color-normal vision who need help discerning shades
with only subtle differences between them, such as those on a weather map.

excerpt
Student teams get invention grants
Westview's team plans to invent a tactile graphing calculator for the blind.


excerpt
'Molly Sweeny' a challenging performance at DTF
ManchesterJournal.com
Article Launched:10/27/2006 12:06:22 PM EDT
Friday, October 27

Kevin M. O'Toole
Homespun Production's stark presentation of Irish playwright Brian
Friel's "Molly Sweeney" at the Dorset Playhouse last Saturday evening
challenged theatregoers to rethink their assumptions about sensory
perception and to fill in their own answers to questions raised
throughout the evening about ambition and risk.
Based on a case-study by famed neurologist Oliver Sacks, Friel's play
looks back at the remarkable story of a woman, Molly Sweeney, blind
since infancy, who regains, and then loses her sight, together with her
happiness with the sighted world and with those who brought that world
upon her.
The story unfolds through the intertwined monologues of three
principals, who remain on-stage but do not interact with one another.
There is Molly, 41, legally blind but fully-content with the world of
smell, taste and touch that is her lot, who has been married for almost
two years and works as a masseuse.
....On tour through January, 2007, Homespun Production's "Molly Sweeney"
next appears in Albany, New York at the Linda Norris Auditorium on
Saturday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. For tickets, call 518-465-5233.

article
Better than perfect
by Jill Thomas

Marilyn Kirkman's artwork rises off the page, as if growing beyond two
dimensions and coming to life. Folds of silk form flower petals or mimic
rock formations in a technique Kirkman calls "sculptured silk." She lays
out the fabric, then saturates it in rich color.
"Each one is an experiment in seeing what I can do," she says.
The oversized flowers and mood-filled landscapes are quite different
from the precise, pastel watercolors she used to paint.
"I was very particular, very perfectionist," she remembers. Kirkman
specialized in pastels for years, but then began to notice that she
could no longer see the contrast between pale colors. She didn't let the
problem stop her - she simply used brighter hues.
As more time passed, the tip of the paintbrush grew difficult to see.
Only then did she realize that something was amiss. She soon learned
that she had macular degeneration, an eye condition that causes blindness.
"I wanted to quit," says Kirkman. She credits fellow artists for
refusing to let that happen.

Though now legally blind, Kirkman still has some peripheral vision. Over
the past 10 years, she has created the tactile technique that allows her
to continue pursuing her passion.

"You see with your eyes, but what you put on paper is really in the
brain," she explains.

The titles of her landscapes tell the rest of the story: "Escape,"
"Contemplation," "Hope" and "Perseverance."

"I enjoy painting ideas," Kirkman says. "Like the notion that life can
be a struggle, but you'll figure it out."

Capsule

Marilyn Kirkman's sculptured silk

Arati Artists Gallery, 2425 W. Colorado Ave.

Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4
p.m. Show runs through Tuesday, Oct. 31.

For more information, call 636-1901 or visit aratiartists.com.



excerpt
J. T. Dalton paints mural on his grandfather's Apple Valley garage door
"I'm color blind. I don't really have a problem with using color. I just
use what I see. If I'm going to use color it would be through my eyes,
not someone else's eyes," Dalton said.
He said he hopes to make a living as an artist someday. He aspires to
get his master of fine arts degree, then become an art teacher while
showing his work in galleries and exhibits on the side.


excerpt
Mastering the Art of Candle Making in One Day!
This new E-book is written from the perspective of a professional blind
candle maker to show others that the art of candle making can be
mastered in one day by using simple techniques and things from around
the house and can be found at www.makingcandlessimple.com on the World
Wide Web. This book also shows that a person does not have to have any
particular talent in order to become good at this craft




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Hi,
Articles about web accessibility, candle making, tools for color blindness and articles about 2 artists. A bit off subject but, a link to a site that shows how vision develops over time, how babies at different ages see. 
http://tinyeyes.com/tinyeyes/index.php
Wasn't able to get it to work though - so not so sure.

Regards,
Lisa

links
Flickr: Blind Photographers
http://oberazzi.blogspot.com/
Championing True Equal Access
http://ability.aol.com/ability/index.php?ID=73
IVICA: Spatial Parsing
http://www.markbernstein.org/Oct0601/IVICASpatialParsing.html

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1162319543182010.xml&coll=6
Molly Sweeney
http://www.manchesterjournal.com/ci_4561171
color blind eyepilot
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06296/732311-96.stm
www.Ryobi-sol.co.jp/visolve/en/
Visolve is the software that transforms colors of the computer display into the discriminable colors for various people including people with color vision deficiency, commonly called color blindness. One of its aims is to help people with color blindness guess a normal color. 

www.Vischeck.com

Better than perfect
http://www.csindy.com/csindy/2006-10-26/personalspace.html


J. T. Dalton paints mural on his grandfather's Apple Valley garage door
http://www.hometownsource.com/2006/October/31garagedoor.html

candles
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/News/102006/candle.htm
http://www.makingcandlessimple.com/Home_Page.html

articles

Flickr: Blind Photographers
I have started a Flickr group for Flickr: Blind Photographers. If you are not familiar with Flickr, it is a photo-sharing community. This group is meant for blind and visually impaired phtographers to display their work. Please check it out. 


web and accessibility Championing True Equal Access
excerpt
Graphics could be described to a blind user, or to a user whose eyes were engaged elsewhere, by parsing the text in an image tag's ALT attribute?assuming that a page author used ALT informatively, rather than providing typical but useless ALT text such as "right-click to download." 

web
Another interesting IVICA talk was Luis Francisco-Revilla's work on spatial hypertext for the visually impaired -- especially for non-sighted people. Spatial hypertext is tends to be fundamentally visual: when we work in the Tinderbox map, we're expressing spatial relationships so we can see emergent structure. For example, here's a page in his javascript spatial hypertext tool WARP. Luis' paper this year discussed how the spatial parser, which VIKI and its descendants use to automatically recognize patterns in the hypertext map, might help non-sighted people deal with the spatial structure of complex Web pages, It would be nice, for example, if a screen reader could automatically figure out that this text is the main story and this is a sidebar and that is a pull-quote or an ad. 



excerpt
New software helps the color-blind read screens better
People with colorblindness can encounter trouble with Web sites or with graphics just as they can have difficulty reading traffic signals or picking out clothes that don't clash. Certain combinations of font and background colors can make the text on a Web site invisible to a colorblind person. Graphics can be impossible to decipher -- imagine trying to read a color-coded map or pie chart where some of the colors are indistinguishable from each other. Photographs can lose much of their contrast.
There is software available, though, that can help colorblind people detect the differences among colors on their computer screens. And as color graphics and displays become more complex, these programs can even assist people with color-normal vision who need help discerning shades with only subtle differences between them, such as those on a weather map. 

excerpt
Student teams get invention grants
Westview's team plans to invent a tactile graphing calculator for the blind. 


excerpt
'Molly Sweeny' a challenging performance at DTF
ManchesterJournal.com
Article Launched:10/27/2006 12:06:22 PM EDT
Friday, October 27

Kevin M. O'Toole
Homespun Production's stark presentation of Irish playwright Brian Friel's "Molly Sweeney" at the Dorset Playhouse last Saturday evening challenged theatregoers to rethink their assumptions about sensory perception and to fill in their own answers to questions raised throughout the evening about ambition and risk. Based on a case-study by famed neurologist Oliver Sacks, Friel's play looks back at the remarkable story of a woman, Molly Sweeney, blind since infancy, who regains, and then loses her sight, together with her happiness with the sighted world and with those who brought that world upon her. The story unfolds through the intertwined monologues of three principals, who remain on-stage but do not interact with one another. There is Molly, 41, legally blind but fully-content with the world of smell, taste and touch that is her lot, who has been married for almost two years and works as a masseuse. ....On tour through January, 2007, Homespun Production's "Molly Sweeney" next appears in Albany, New York at the Linda Norris Auditorium on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. For tickets, call 518-465-5233. 

article
Better than perfect
by Jill Thomas
Marilyn Kirkman's artwork rises off the page, as if growing beyond two dimensions and coming to life. Folds of silk form flower petals or mimic rock formations in a technique Kirkman calls "sculptured silk." She lays out the fabric, then saturates it in rich color. 
"Each one is an experiment in seeing what I can do," she says.
The oversized flowers and mood-filled landscapes are quite different from the precise, pastel watercolors she used to paint. "I was very particular, very perfectionist," she remembers. Kirkman specialized in pastels for years, but then began to notice that she could no longer see the contrast between pale colors. She didn't let the problem stop her - she simply used brighter hues. As more time passed, the tip of the paintbrush grew difficult to see. Only then did she realize that something was amiss. She soon learned that she had macular degeneration, an eye condition that causes blindness. "I wanted to quit," says Kirkman. She credits fellow artists for refusing to let that happen.
Though now legally blind, Kirkman still has some peripheral vision. Over the past 10 years, she has created the tactile technique that allows her to continue pursuing her passion.
"You see with your eyes, but what you put on paper is really in the brain," she explains.
The titles of her landscapes tell the rest of the story: "Escape," "Contemplation," "Hope" and "Perseverance."
"I enjoy painting ideas," Kirkman says. "Like the notion that life can be a struggle, but you'll figure it out." 

Capsule

Marilyn Kirkman's sculptured silk

Arati Artists Gallery, 2425 W. Colorado Ave.
Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Show runs through Tuesday, Oct. 31. 

For more information, call 636-1901 or visit aratiartists.com.



excerpt
J. T. Dalton paints mural on his grandfather's Apple Valley garage door
"I'm color blind. I don't really have a problem with using color. I just use what I see. If I'm going to use color it would be through my eyes, not someone else's eyes," Dalton said. He said he hopes to make a living as an artist someday. He aspires to get his master of fine arts degree, then become an art teacher while showing his work in galleries and exhibits on the side. 


excerpt
Mastering the Art of Candle Making in One Day!
This new E-book is written from the perspective of a professional blind candle maker to show others that the art of candle making can be mastered in one day by using simple techniques and things from around the house and can be found at www.makingcandlessimple.com on the World Wide Web. This book also shows that a person does not have to have any particular talent in order to become good at this craft
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