[accessibleimage] Re: tablet

Hello Diane.  The important question is which application to use, not which
tablet to use.  You can use just about any touch or pen screen, including a
tablet PC screen to create hand drawings in graphics authoring applications
that will then emboss on your Tiger embosser.  ViewPlus includes the Tiger
Designer as part of its Tiger Software Suite that ships with ViewPlus
embossers.  This application is intended for people who like to control each
embossed dot.  The IVEO Creator can also be used with a tablet to draw
shapes as part of the process for creating simple IVEO SVG documents.
However you can use MS Paint or any of many free or low cost drawing
applications too.  You can do the same even in MS Word by selecting the
freehand drawing tool.  Use the application that meets your needs.  If you
want to add braille text or labels, I'd suggest using MS Word and
appropriate braille fonts (or let the Tiger Formatter translate them to
braille for you), or you can use Tiger Designer and craft every dot to be
exactly what you want.
 
If you have IVEO Creator, you probably also have the IVEO touch pad.  It
works fine for making drawings, but there are lots of other tablets that
also work just fine.
 
Hope this helps.  
 
John
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[mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diane Nousanen
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:43 AM
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Subject: [accessibleimage] tablet


I've just started subscribing to this list, and a quick scan of the more
recent archives didn't find turn anything up on this topic.
Has anyone used a tablet for creating graphics in a drawing program that are
ultimately printed on the Tiger or on swell paper? If so, was it useful? If
it was useful, what kind of tablet and what kind of drawing program did you
have, or what would you recommend? 
Frequently I would like to just be able to trace an image that would then be
loaded onto my computer so I could then add whatever patterns I wanted. My
mouse drawings are so clumsy.
 
Diane Nousanen
DianeNousanen@xxxxxxxxx
1100 West 45th St.
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Austin, Tex. 78756
(512) 206-9108

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