[accessibleimage] Re: tablet

Diane
The tablet I use has an (active) pad area of 16cm by 21cm (approx 8 1/2
by 6 1/2 inches), and including the surround is slightly larger than A4
size (approx 25 x 34 cm), a medium size one?
I tried a really large one for a while but found it too big to do what I
wanted ... my arm movements were too large though probably good for a
full on digital artist using large sweeping movements... the smaller one
is more wrist movement than arm which I find easier for doing tracing
and finer work etc. an ideal size for me.

Picture Braille is sold by an Australian company called Pentronics and a
free demo can be downloaded from http://www.pentronics.com.au/.
As I mentioned it is continually undergoing development at the moment so
the demo may be superseded by now, it will probably be replaced when the
next revision is released. There is a contact address on the site if you
have queries or want to know about the latest developments.
I must admit to being a beta-tester for the program (when I get the
time!!), though I have no vested interest in it or the company.

Alan



Thanks for the info. 
Are you using the 6x8 size, and do you find it sufficiently large?
Who sells the Picture Braille?
 
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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Diane, 
I use a Gateway tablet with the regular paint program with microsoft
word. I am NOT an artist. I work in a public highschool with blind and
low vision students. It works well for me to have the teacher send
diagrams or I go online and find something similar. In Paint, I increase
the view and can trace the lines with the pen much easier than with the
mouse.  I have also found to "paint" the water makes it much easier for
them to distinguish water from land. Experimenting with colors leads to
some differences in texture  for both the Tiger and Thermoform results.
_Kit

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From: "Blackburn, Alan" Alan.Blackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:30:19 -0500
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: tablet

> Diane
> 
> I have been using a Wacom tablet for a couple of years and find it
more
> intuitive, easier to use and gives better results than using a mouse,
> although it does require a bit of practice to get used to initially. I
> am a reasonable artist and find a pen easier to draw with ... it just
> seems like the right tool for the job!!! I find mice very clumsy and
> hard to control.
> 
>  
> 
> My daughter is a digital-media artist and uses a tablet with lots of
> art/multi-media programs but wears out the tips on the pens at regular
> intervals. I am finding it hard to find them in "normal" computer
shops
> although specialist art shops seem to still stock them. There used to
be
> a lot of cheaper Asian-made tablets around in Australia, but now I'm
> only able to get Wacom, which is fine as they are the best we've
tried,
> although the most expensive.
> 
>  
> 
> It doesn't really matter which graphics program you use with a tablet
as
> the tablet is only really an alternative way to control the cursor
> position.
> 
> I use both mouse and pen (pen in right hand, mouse in left) which
gives
> me more speed (e.g. scrolling with the mouse wheel while still using
the
> pen.)
> 
>  
> 
> For creating images for swell-paper we use Publisher, which is one of
> the MS Office suite of programs so is basically "free" because it
> resides on most business/school PC's. We've found it easy to learn and
> teach as it uses a lot of the same tools as Word but is a far more
> capable program for graphics creation/compilation. You can incorporate
> images (e.g. .giff, .tiff lifted from .pdf files) or trace them ...
very
> useful for maps etc. You can also copy and paste braille from DBT.
> 
>  
> 
> I'm also trialling Picture Braille for Windows, which is undergoing
huge
> development at the moment and has become a very useful program for
> creating embossable graphics. We use Index Everest embossers in
graphics
> mode.
> 
>  
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
>  
> 
> Alan
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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> 
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> [mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John
Gardner
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 7:33 AM
> To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [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
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diane
> Nousanen
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:43 AM
> To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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Kit Burnett 
Teacher of the Visually Impaired

Laurel Vision Program
401 Monticello Ave
Lynchburg City Schools
Lynchburg, VA 24501
(434)522-3716




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