Hi all,
Virtual tactile display is an alternative to TTT. Has anybody tried the
Virtouch VT Player? Can you add sound/speech, so you can identify an object
on a virtual surface both by feel (with tactile mouse) and by hearing (e.g.
with object's label spoken).?
Cheers from Chiswick,
John
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From: "L. Penny Rosenblum" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:10 PM
Subject: Talking Tactile Tablet Authoring Tool
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> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm new to your listserv. I wanted to first introduce myself and
> then tell you about a very exciting project that will interest you if you
> are visually impaired or work with people who are visually impaired. I'm
a
> low vision person myself who prepares teachers of visually impaired
> children at the University of Arizona. About 2 years ago I met a man
named
> Steve Landau who owns Touch Graphics Company. Touch Graphics has begun
> work on a sophisticated Authoring Tool that will allow teachers of blind
> and visually impaired students to create their own talking tactile
pictures
> for the talking tactile tablet, a new computer peripheral device. The
> Talking Tactile Tablet, better known as the TTT, is an innovative device
> that plugs into the USB port of a computer. With the Authoring Tool
> software package simple to complex graphics with audio capabilities can be
> created in just a matter of minutes.
> Under a 2 year grant from the National Institute for Disability
> and Rehabilitation Research, Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative
> Services of the United States Department of Education Touch Graphics
> Company will be giving away 75 TTTs and the Authoring Tool software
> package. A contest is being held April 1 to July 31, 2004. To learn more
> about the TTT and to enter the contest visit the web site:
> http://www.ttt-at.com/ We have a demo. of the TTT and Authoring Tool that
> will show you the power of this new and exciting tool.
> As a person with a visual impairment myself and as someone who
> prepares teachers, I think the TTT is really going to enhance access to
> tactile graphics for children and adults with visual impairments. I'd be
> happy to share more information with any of you. Please feel free to
> contact me at [log in to unmask]
>
> Penny
>
>
>
> L. Penny Rosenblum
> University of Arizona
> 520-621-1223 (office)
> 520-621-3821 (fax)
> Visit my web page at http://www.ed.arizona.edu/rosenblum
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> your listserv. I wanted to first introduce myself and then tell you about
> a very exciting project that will interest you if you are visually
> impaired or work with people who are visually impaired. I'm a low
> vision person myself who prepares teachers of visually impaired children
> at the University of Arizona. About 2 years ago I met a man named
> Steve Landau who owns Touch Graphics Company.
> <x-tab> </x-tab>Touch Graphics has begun work on a
> sophisticated Authoring Tool that will allow teachers of blind and
> visually impaired students to create their own talking tactile pictures
> for the talking tactile tablet, a new computer peripheral device.
> The Talking Tactile Tablet, better known as the TTT, is an innovative
> device that plugs into the USB port of a computer. With the
> Authoring Tool software package simple to complex graphics with audio
> capabilities can be created in just a matter of minutes. <br>
> <x-tab> </x-tab>Under a 2
> year grant from the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation
> Research, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the
> United States Department of Education Touch Graphics Company will be
> giving away 75 TTTs and the Authoring Tool software package. A
> contest is being held April 1 to July 31, 2004. To learn more about
> the TTT and to enter the contest visit the web site:
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> We have a demo. of the TTT and Authoring Tool that will show you the
> power of this new and exciting tool.<br>
> <x-tab> </x-tab>As a
> person with a visual impairment myself and as someone who prepares
> teachers, I think the TTT is really going to enhance access to tactile
> graphics for children and adults with visual impairments. I'd be
> happy to share more information with any of you. Please feel free
> to contact me at [log in to unmask]<br><br>
> Penny<br><br>
> <br>
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> L. Penny Rosenblum<br>
> University of Arizona<br>
> 520-621-1223 (office)<br>
> 520-621-3821 (fax)<br>
> Visit my web page at
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