[accessibleimage] Re: tablet

Hi Diane,

I use a Wacom tablet. I find it very useful. My hand tends to get cramped
using a mouse. Using a pen is very useful for me. I draw practically every
day. 
I use a combination of programs - mostly Illustrator and Tiger Designer.
Because as John wrote there are some of us that like to "control every
dot". I was not satisfied with using just Illustrator when the final
product was going to be embossed out with a Tiger. Sometimes I am not
satisfied with the .prn file generated from Illustrator and will erase the
dot version in Tiger Designer and redraw the dot version using the ink
view in Tiger Designer as guide. Gives me a lot more control.

Using Illustrator, Word, CorelDraw, Paint are great if you you are going
to Swell a graphic. There are a lot of other programs you can use. Perhaps
the important bit is to have a program that lets you have "layers" so that
you can trace over the original graphic loaded into your computer.

Welcome to the group.

Best,

Lisa




accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx skrev 22. januar 2007 kl. 21:32 +0000:
>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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>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
>[ mailto:DianeNousanen@xxxxxxxxx ]DianeNousanen@xxxxxxxxx
>1100 West 45th St.
>Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
>Austin, Tex. 78756
>(512) 206-9108


Lisa Yayla
Huseby Kompetansesenter 
Oslo Norway
lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx

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