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From: Jake Joehl
Date: Jan 21, 2013 10:09AM

What about the Audio Graphing Calculator from Viewplus Technologies?
I've never used it but I've heard it demonstrated. Would this be
another alternative?
Jake
Original message:
> Hello:

> Providing map data accessibly is a big subject. The closest solution
> there is for this problem comes from ViewPlus Technologies. Their website
> is: www.viewplus.com A Tiger embosser is used to emboss a paper copy of the
> map. A few braille labels can be placed on a braille map. It is possible
> with lots of work to use a touch tablet so users can touch a place on a map
> and hear what they have touched. It is possible for a user to zoom in a map
> by specifying a region, and then have the Tiger print out that region in a
> full page version. This process can iterate several times.

> Another possible solution is available from Touch Graphics. Their web
> site is www.touchgraphics.com. The TouchGraphics system uses vacuum formed
> plastic maps and either a touch tablet or pen to provide the user
> information. The Touch Graphics approach is only useful if many copies of
> the same image will be needed. You may contact me off list for more
> information.

> Regards,

> Robert

> Robert Jaquiss
> Email: <EMAIL REMOVED>



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