Yes, this is what I was trying to get at. About six or seven years ago, Will Pearson and I set out to make a 3D audio version of Visio but we were still working on a 3D Eloquence when I left FS and the project got canned.
John Gardner and the guys up at ViewPlus (the people who brought us the Tiger line of embossers - definitely the coolest ones out there) have some software that works by laying a paper tactile graphic (presumedly embossed with one of their devices) onto a tablet PC, tapping a bit to calibrate and then have the run of things with your fingers. This is more 2D than 3D but it is very cool. Its downfall, though, is that after you've made enough changes to the data that you can no longer remember them all (read an article published back in the fifties called, "Seven Plus or Minus Two" for more on the psychology of all of this) you need to emboss another sheet which takes time and makes your local recycling people happy. Nonetheless, as goes a combination of sound and touch, I think ViewPlus, in the commercial realm, is way ahead of all others. FS had the SAL that was supposed to do all of the VP features and a lot more but we could never seem to build them reliably so we killed the product. Happy Hacking, cdh On Aug 31, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > Your point about flowcharts is a very good one. > There are a lot of interpolation of information which can take place > from one sense, of which i tend to think we have an overload, to > another which just as sensitive if not more than hearing. And these > interpolations can allow the blind user to format more data in less > time, productivity in short. > > There are also applications i could see by, like the monochrome image > example, using z-depth values of an image to give a tactile > representation of objects. Since the z-depth is a technique used in 3d > to render ambient occlusions and add depth :) to an image, this > translates to true depth through the touchscreen. > > I for one would love to be able to feel what a site would be laid out > like, not only through what a voice tells me my index is sitting on, > but also the actual frame of it. I have always had a frustrating time > figuring out how one could go about laying out a website with ease, > letting my imagination go as i create the layout. This can even extend > to print layouts in a production pipeline. > > As you mention it, this can be very useful for relational indicators, > and could it somehow mean that blind users can somewhat design or > interact more with graphic oriented apps? > > best > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
