- From: Lisa Yayla <lisa.yayla@statped.no>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:07:23 +0200
- To: "Bailey, Bruce" <Bruce.Bailey@ed.gov>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi Bruce, Thank you for your answer. What I am thinking about is that after the picture is modified by a designer so that it is suitable for a tactile that it could be saved to a file type that is specific to tactiles and that any embosser would recognize it and be able to emboss it. I understand that the producers of the embossers would have to decide to support this file type. Right now the embossers fall into, I think, 3 groups. One that can only emboss Braille, another that can emboss braille and has a graphic mode ( dots closer together) and the Viewplus embossers which have, I believe the closest dot resolution. It would be working towards a type of standard. And it could be attached to a picture file as a possibility to open just as one has alternative text. You wrote that you "wouldn't expect it to happen soon", where would such things be decided? Thanks, Lisa "Bailey, Bruce" <Bruce.Bailey@ed.gov> skrev 29. juni 2006 kl. 13:42 +0000: >No, and I wouldn't expect that to happen soon. Tactile modeling in >general is an evolving art. The embossers capable of graphics vary in >features (resolution, texture types). Finally, and most confounding, >there is no general algorithmic way to represent color tactually. There >is no foolproof way to represent a color image with grayscale, let alone >black and white line art. There are some embossers that do a good job >out of the box with black and white line art, but anything more >complicated than that needs to be considerably reworked almost from >scratch. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On >> Behalf Of Lisa Yayla >> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 5:15 AM >> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org >> Subject: picture file standard for embossers >> >> Hi, >> I have a question and it is, has there been any work done to >> establish a file standard for tactile images? So that one >> could print out from any embosser (if the embosser producer >> supported it) that image. And it could be an alternative print >> out for images on the internet. That is one would have the >> chose to either print out an ink print-out or an embossed >> version. The embossed version would be modified for tactile use. >> Perhaps this is more of a question for hardware but such a >> standard would help in tactile graphic drawing programs, and >> serve as an alternative output for images on the internet. Would >> aid in the exchange of information. >> >> Thanks >> >> Lisa Yayla >> Huseby Kompetansesenter >> Oslo Norway >> lisa.yayla@statped.no Lisa Yayla Huseby Kompetansesenter Oslo Norway lisa.yayla@statped.no
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