[absoft-board] Re: Raised music staff
- From: "dogmom tds.net" <dogmom@xxxxxxx>
- To: Todd Welbourne <tgwelbou@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 07:29:41 -0500
Todd, I think you should talk with John Gardner of View Plus Technologies
about the capabilities of the Tiger embosser. If it does not now emboss in
different heights, that may be something that View Plus and Tim Osswald's
students can work on together. I wonder if American Printing House for the
Blind has ideas on getting Yeaji here.
Could a volunteer from Morgridge do some research into possible grant
monies for a visiting scholar? I suggest looking into it as a
multi-disciplinary position with the music and engineering schools, and
possibly also computer sciences. John is always looking for more volunteer
programmers to help enhance the software and additional programming input
would help push what we already have into Yeaji's ideas. Fall is a tight
timeline so a fall-back idea would be starting in January, perhaps. We
certainly would prefer such a position starting in the fall.
I know that the school of education requires a certain amount of
volunteering with people with disabilities in order to graduate with a
teaching degree. That may be another source for a volunteer to look for
grant funds.
John Boyer may know of other sources in the blind community that may be
interested in funding such a visiting scholar position.
I just had a really wild thought. There are blind singers in the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir. That organization may be willing to fund something that
would make it easier for their blind members to more easily participate.
READ G GILGEN
read@xxxxxxxxxxxx
is (or was as I don't know how these things work) a bishop in the local
Mormon church. He has been active in the UW community in enhancing life and
opportunities for people with disabilities. I would start with Read as a
link to see if they may be interested in helping fund a visiting scholar
position. At the very least they may be willing to give some seed money
that would help get a grant.
I know the people on the board of directors do not have the time to search
for a grant but we are more than willing to put on our thinking caps and
maybe have additional ideas for gettig Yeaji here.
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Todd Welbourne <tgwelbou@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for all your input! These things seem excellent and Yeaji would
> love to see some of your examples. She has very specific ideas as to the
> system she thinks would work. Can your systems “emboss’ in different
> heights (on the same page), with different colors, is it “crisp” enough to
> feel the level of detail necessary, is it on thin enough paper so as to not
> be cumbersome for sighted users. "Universal design" is the driving concept
> behind her idea. She would love to meet to discuss these ideas and see your
> examples, but there is another problem. Currently she is in intense
> preparation for a concert in Seoul, South Korea in June, and will leave the
> US on May 30. Since she has graduated we need to find a way to fund her as
> a Visiting Scholar, or something else, that would satisfy visa issues, etc.
> in the fall so she can pursue these avenues. Any ideas? TW
>
>
> On May 21, 2014, at 2:11 PM, dogmom tds.net <dogmom@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Our board secretary passed the following information on to me privately,
> but I feel it is something all in this conversation would be interested in.
> Our board secretary is Geoff Kettling of the University of Nevada at Reno:
> We have a Comp Sci Ph.D. candidate, visually impaired working on an app
> for doing geometry on a tablet for persons who are blind. He just was
> awarded google lime grant. Last name Grussenmeyer. He's working with a prof
> who's been developing a gps system for navigating inside buildings.
>
> I feel that when it comes to tactile graphics, people at UW-Madison,
> UN-Reno, AbilitiesSoft and View Plus would all benefit from working
> together.
>
> Tim - Noah Herschkowitz can tell you more about me and my tenure at UW,
> hershkowitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. John Boyer can fill you in on the software
> aspects and John Gardner on the technical aspects of printing graphics on
> the Tiger. Strongly suggest you be in contact with John Gardner. He is
> aware of the article from the Wisconsin State Journal, as is all who are
> getting this email.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:56 AM, John J. Boyer
> <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> The Tiger embosser is specially designed for tactile graphics. The
>> McBurney Center should have known about it. The software comes free with
>> the purchase of an embosser. Both are from ViewPlus technologies. The
>> best person to contact for more information is John Gardner at
>> john.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxx . I'll be happy to help in whatever way I can.
>>
>> Is there a way to contact Ms. Kim? I would like to know more details
>> about her method.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 07:08:52AM -0500, Tim Osswald wrote:
>> > Marcia,
>> >
>> > That is great. We would definitely like to see it.
>> >
>> > Best
>> > Tim
>> >
>> >
>> > On May 20, 2014, at 6:13 AM, dogmom tds.net <dogmom@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Prof. Osswald,
>> > > I read with great interest the story in the Sunday Wisconsin State
>> Journal about the raised music staff and that you and your students are
>> going to look into ways to mass produce it. I must inform you that the
>> technology already exists. With open source software from AbilitiesSoft and
>> the Tiger Braille embossser from View Plus Technologies, we've been
>> producing raised music staff for years.
>> > >
>> > > Prof. Welbourne,
>> > > Please pass this information on to Miss Kim.
>> > >
>> > > For more information, I suggest you contact the director of
>> AbilitiesSoft, Mr. John J. Boyer, via email. His address is
>> john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. John is deaf/blind so email is the best
>> way to reach him.
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Marcia Carlson, Chair of the Board of Directors
>> > > AbilitiesSoft, Inc.
>> > > a 501(3)c organization.
>> > > Madison, WI
>> > >
>> >
>> > Professor Tim A. Osswald
>> > K.K. and Cindy Wang Professor
>> > Honorary Professor at
>> > University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and
>> > Universidad Nacional de Colombia
>> > co-Director of the Polymer Engineering Center
>> > Mechanical Engineering Department
>> > University of Wisconsin-Madison
>> > Madison, WI 53706
>> > (608) 263 9538
>> > osswald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > http://pec.engr.wisc.edu/
>> >
>>
>> --
>> My websites:
>> GodTouches Digital Ministry, Inc. http://www.godtouches.org
>> Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>> Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Marcia
>
>
> Todd Welbourne
> tgwelbou@xxxxxxxx
>
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--
Marcia
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