Hi: I havent given the actual process of accessibility much thought other than
to try and figure out if current software would be accessible.
The process of creating an object might include creating parts for the
completed object and then assembling the parts for anything really of use to
most folks like computers, microwaves and the like.
For these complex items a larger industrial type of printer would be required
in any case.
For home use smaller objects, simpler, wmight be able to be made of a few
materials and with limited assembly required.
Simple printed circut boards should be no problem, switches, handles, cases,
and much more could be produced on small personal printers in the near future I
think.
I doubt mass production which uses molds and stamping to build things would be
replaced since they are faster and likely less expensive to use to create mass
quantities of standardized objects.
That said, add in storage and shipping and handling and you could get some of
these things being made via printer due to cost advantages on many things we
now think of as low-volume expensive items.
Buy some gold and gem stones and create a nice ring.
The process of making the software accessible would be more a matter of making
the templates, blueprints, accessible to work with for the blind.
This would take much planning and have accessibility in mind when designing the
tools to create and modify templates.
Off the top of my head I could see some form of object selection with
properties and methods as a way to design objects which might yield
accessibility as a reasonable methodology as we use for programming logical
objects.
Select a screw from a list of predefined objects, a threading option, size
otpions and where it is to go in the blueprint and the program would build one
for you.
It would also ensure that the target hole will fit the screw automatically and,
if you want, even generate the screw automatically with the click of a mouse or
other keyboard operation.
To create the Threaded hole you could specify a location on the desired object
using 3d coordinates, visual pointer or some other methodology of locating
positions on more complex objects.
The use of 3d scanners would also come into play big time for many of us since
we could scan an object, select a material, color etc... again properties and
methods, and have an object created which should all be accessible enough.
There are 3d printers being located in stores and even some public libraries
currently so this is not something that needs to be delayed or the software
developed to create and manage blueprints will be so far removed from
accessibility that the larger companies will just never implement any
accessibility hooks and be able to get away with it like IBM and some other
large companies do with other software platforms and packages.
Anyway, I thought I'd ask if anyone was playing with a 3d printer to see if
someone out there was considering accessibility with this new technology and so
far it appears not.
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: LB
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: Anyone working with 3D printing software Apps
Hi Rick,
Back again, the 3D printer was used by the great dummy man who made faces
for his dummies using the 3D printer. An interesting thing for it was on the
Bio channel several weeks ago and very interesting.
Such things like that could be useful I think it depends on one's
imagination.
As David mentioned, when doing each layer there would be a nice voice to
state what is being done at that moment, but lots of information would be
needed from the data source...
Bruce and Bronx, (Woof!)
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone working with 3D printing software Apps
Hi: Allot of the things rely on cad type software, likely not accessible.
Most of the cool stuff requires blueprints to make parts for things like
screws and other parts that require exact fitting based on the design.
Anyway, it may become a means of building things like replacement parts for
objects you have and dont want to lose and much more me thinks.
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: David
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone working with 3D printing software Apps
Don't think there will be much for 3D printing - at least not if you
don't happen to have a fair amount of sight left. I have never touched a 3D
printer, or any of its software. Yet, I do know, they are slowly coming down in
price, and also becoming available for the general user.
Yet, the whole nature of 3D, may not be much easy to produce in a way
that makes any sense to a person with little or no vision. Of course, you could
have the speech tell you a good amount of information, or the Braille display
throw a number of messages on your fingers, to let you know what you are about
to do - or even, what has already started to take place. :) Really, we are
already working with 2D. And see how much chatter the computer is throwing at
us already. Not sure, if I want to try imagine - based on a chattering
synthesizer - what my end product will look like. it is kind of hard enough
with the two dimentions, leave the third one alone. :)
OK, if you, or anyone else want to shoulder the task of making something
work for me, then I am quite interested in seeing your results. I just have my
doubts, if it will be much convenient to work with. Of course, one way to get
around it, would be to use certain sound effects along with the speech, to
illustrate the things taking place in the different dimentions. Just don't know
really... :)
----- Original Message -----
From: RicksPlace
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Anyone working with 3D printing software Apps
Thanks and Merry Christmas Bruce to you and your family big time!
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: LB
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone working with 3D printing software Apps
Hi Rick,
Yea, I was hungry and made a slice of pizza with it!
Just joking, got to leave, but want to wish you and everyone a
Merry Christmas.
Besides, I think our government spent millions using or trying to
use a 3D computer to make pizza for the astronauts, or Washington D.C. Astro
nuts!
Merry Christmas
Bruce
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 6:08 AM
Subject: Anyone working with 3D printing software Apps
Hi: 3D printing is nuts futurable and will, I think, get tied into
the internet for communications, transport, of items between home computers
some day (Can you say StarTrek?) if not today.
I started looking into 3d printing but it seems to use allot of cad
type software among other styles of designing objects along with scanning.
Has anyone started playing with a 3d printer / scanner and is there
any potential of using a DeskTop App or even mobile App with WindowEyes to have
accessibility to template design software?
Rick USA
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