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Creating A Tactile Map for the Visually Impaired
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.
Custom Braille
Traditional maps have labels, directions, and legends all in writing. In order to recreate these crucial elements for the visually impaired, I needed to make sure any written elements of my model were represented in braille. Using the braille size and spacing standards set by the Braille Authority of North America, I created two prototypes of homemade braille and and got in touch with Blind@Brown to test my prototypes with members of the blind community. Members of the group found my 3D-printed braille easier to read than my braille made out of beads, and so I moved forward, creating braille labels in Solidworks for each building on the main green,
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Traditional maps have labels, directions, and legends all in writing. In order to recreate these crucial elements for the visually impaired, I needed to make sure any written elements of my model were represented in braille. Using the braille size and spacing standards set by the Braille Authority of North America, I created two prototypes of homemade braille and and got in touch with Blind@Brown to test my prototypes with members of the blind community. Members of the group found my 3D-printed braille easier to read than my braille made out of beads, and so I moved forward, creating braille labels in Solidworks for each building on the main green,