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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Probably the reason you are not getting
more responses is that few colleges actually do tactiles. So, here is more info…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Just as a rule of thumb, graphics that show
relationships are often presented best as tactile graphics include the
following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>* mathematical charts and graphs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>* maps <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>* scientific diagrams <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Ironically, it often works out that the
more technical a subject is, the more the tactile graphics are necessary. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Teresa is absolutely right that other than
those situations, the best solution is most often a good description.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Also be aware that if a student has not
had experience with tactile graphics, s/he may not be particularly comfortable
with them. You can help with the learning curve by creating more
three-dimensional tactiles, using collage techniques.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>As an example of what I mean, one of our
alt media specialists was working with a blind student who was taking anatomy
and physiology. The student was not used to using tactile graphics and found
the PIAF versions too hard to understand. What they ended up doing is working
first with the 3-D models the campus owned, then creating representative
collage graphics (gluing things on paper—for the female reproductive
system, for instance, they used narrow rubber tubing for the fallopian tubes
and cotton balls for the ovaries, etc.), and then transitioning to the PIAF
versions. The student was able to “grok” how the graphics worked
and was fine with the PIAF versions after that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>BANA now has guidelines (thanks to my hero,
Lucia!!! ;-) for tactile graphics:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><a
href="http://www.brailleauthority.org/tg/index.html">http://www.brailleauthority.org/tg/index.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Also be aware that American Printing House
for the Blind (APH) has an image library for tactile graphics:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><a href="http://www.aph.org/tgil/">http://www.aph.org/tgil/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>They also sell premade tactile graphics. The
anatomy tactiles are particularly useful for college-level work. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>A great product that they sell allows you
to create quick tactile graphics on the fly, as well as being suitable for
students to use. APH calls it the Draftsman Tactile Drawing Board. I have used
a similar product for years called the Sewell Raised Line Drawing Kit.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Finally, APH has a two-video set called
the “Good Tactile Graphic” that is a very useful primer on creating
tactile graphics. When I was doing tactile graphics trainings, I would actually
use the videos because they gave such a great overview of how one needs to
think in order to create tactiles.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Hope this helps!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'>High Tech Center Training Unit of the</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'>California Community Colleges</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'>De Anza College, Cupertino, CA</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><br>
<a href="http://www.htctu.net/"><font color=black><span style='color:black;
text-decoration:none'>www.htctu.net</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'> </span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'>408-996-6043</span></font><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Julie Balassa<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 05, 2012
10:37 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Access Technology Higher
Education Network'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Athen] Tactile
Graphics</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>We use Adobe
Illustrator to create the graphics and PIAF to output them (thanks for the tip
some years back Gaeir, that system has worked really well!) Whether you give
the student TG or a description really depends on the complexity of the
graphics and the preference and skill set of the student.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=4 color="#005024" face="Harlow Solid Italic"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Harlow Solid Italic";color:#005024;
font-style:italic'>jkb<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color="#005024" face="Harlow Solid Italic"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Harlow Solid Italic";color:#005024'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color="#005024" face="Harlow Solid Italic"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Harlow Solid Italic";color:#005024'>Julie
K. Balassa</span></font><font size=2 color="#005024" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#005024'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#005024" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#005024;font-weight:bold'>Assistant
Director, Office for Students with Disabilities<br>
Valencia College<br>
Mail Code 3-31<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#005024" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#005024;font-weight:bold'>701
N Econlockhatchee Trail<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#005024"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#005024;
font-weight:bold'>Orlando, FL 32825<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#005024" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#005024;font-weight:bold'>office:
building 5 suite 216<br>
east: 407.582.2039<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#005024" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#005024;font-weight:bold'>west:
407.582.1603<br>
vp east: 407.374.1562<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#005024" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#005024;font-weight:bold'>vp
west: 407-992-8941<br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color="#00602b" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#00602B;font-weight:bold'>fax:
407.582.8908<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#00602b" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#00602B;font-weight:bold'><a
href="mailto:jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu">jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#00602b" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#00602B;font-weight:bold'>http://valenciacc.edu/osd<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Please note that Valencia’s name changed to Valencia
College on July 1, 2011. Therefore, all college email addresses have changed.
My new email address is <a href="mailto:jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>jbalassa@valenciacollege.edu</span></font></a>.
Please send all email to me at this new address. As of September 2011, all
email sent to <a href="mailto:jbalassa@valenciacc.edu"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>jbalassa@valenciacc.edu</span></font></a> will be returned
as undeliverable. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Teresa Haven<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 05, 2012
1:24 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Access Technology Higher
Education Network'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Athen] Tactile
Graphics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Hi, Karen and
all. We use a couple of different technologies: a PIAF and swell paper,
or a Tiger embosser, both used by people trained in producing tactile
graphics. For many graphics tactiles are not necessary; the content in
the image can be appropriately described in text by trained personnel.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Hope this helps,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Teresa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Teresa LW Haven,
Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Supervisor,
Alternative Format Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Disability Resource
Center<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Arizona State
University<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Karen Sorensen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 05, 2012
11:14 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <a
href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Athen] Tactile Graphics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi -<br>
Thanks to Gaeir for the reply. What do others do to make graphics accessible to
blind and low-vision students? <br>
Wink - Gaeir is the only person who replied. What have you used in the past?
Are there services that people outsource graphics to? <br>
Thanks,<br>
Karen<br>
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</span></font><font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Karen
M. Sorensen<br>
Instructional Technology Specialist <br>
Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses<br>
Portland Community College<br>
971-722-4720</span></font><br>
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Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:49:46 -0700 (MST)<br>
From: "Wink Harner" <<a href="mailto:winkharner@mesacc.edu">winkharner@mesacc.edu</a>><br>
Subject: RE: [Athen] tactile graphics<br>
To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'"<br>
<<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
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Did you find anyone to answer your questions yet, Karen?<br>
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Wink<br>
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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:24:11 -0800<br>
From: "Gaeir Dietrich" <<a href="mailto:gdietrich@htctu.net">gdietrich@htctu.net</a>><br>
Subject: RE: [Athen] tactile graphics<br>
To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'"<br>
<<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:6AE2716D4AE64AD79AE0CD4443907AC4@htctu.fhda.edu">6AE2716D4AE64AD79AE0CD4443907AC4@htctu.fhda.edu</a>><br>
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I do like the IVEO system for creating talking tactile graphics for<br>
students. One of my favorite features is the fact that you can add text to<br>
your graphic that will then be read as text-to-speech. Some of the competing<br>
products only allow recorded audio in the talking graphic, which I find much<br>
more cumbersome.<br>
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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich<br>
High Tech Center Training Unit of the<br>
California Community Colleges<br>
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA<br>
<<a href="http://www.htctu.net/" target="_blank">http://www.htctu.net/</a>>
<a href="http://www.htctu.net/" target="_blank">www.htctu.net</a><br>
<a href="tel:408-996-6043">408-996-6043</a><br>
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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