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- From: "Gradimir Kragic" <bastono@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lista SliKom" <slikom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:02:49 +0100
Zdravo,
Ovo je takode poruka na Engleskom jeziku. Moze biti zanimljiva, posebno
programerima sa ove liste. Za njih ne bih trebalo da postoji problem da ovo
procitaju.
Gradimir
If you had an accessible freehand drawing tool what features would you like
to see in it? I've very recently finsished a prototype freehand drawing
tool that allows a blind person to explore, create, and modify diagrams
using haptic I/O, which is similar to tactile diagrams. This piece of
software does *NOT* make a diagram accessible through speech, either
through the use of a screen reader or by self-voicing, and I have no
intention of making it do so.
The software has a limited set of features at the moment. It uses a single
pen to draw, which is in the form of a freeform line, and only works with
black and white images; However, it has several advantages, namely, it uses
the standard bitmap format and is allows for blind and sighted individuals
to collaborate on drawing tasks together. The software has several
features designed to enable this integrated collaborative approach:
networking that allows many people to collaborate together and a visual, as
well as a haptic, user interface, both of which can be used separately or
in combination.
One feature I'm thinking of investigating is incorperating support for the
Mimeo range of electronic whiteboards. My hope in investigating this is
that including this, if possible, could really improve integration for
blind students in a mainstream learning environment.
At the moment this is only a research prototype, but your ideas are
welcome. I'm hopefully going to begin making this publically available
next year. The main reason for this delay in availability is that haptic
hardware is still very expensive; however, this is planned to change next
year with the release of some low cost haptic devices. As usual, this is a
spare time project and the timline may slip on my part.
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