With the end of the school year and summer fast approaching, now is the perfect time to send in your embosser for annual maintenance and inspection! [button size=”medium” style=”primary” text=”I have a warranty & want to send my embosser in…
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Sao Paulo for Catholics Schools
Take a look at Tecnovisao’s booth during March 22-23rd’s event in Sao Paulo.
A letter from Jane
The EmBraille: my Favorite Piece of Technologyby – Jane Carona Sheehan I’m no stranger to Braille embossers. Years ago I had a Romeo RB-20, and then I graduated to a lovely Juliet interpoint embosser. Those devices and I had many…
KIT in Karlsruhe
English text: Since the end of 2012, the Study Centre for the Visually Impaired (SZS) in Karlsruhe (Germany) has been successfully using the first Emfuse printer. In the meantime, well over 80,000 tactile graphics have been created with it. In…
VIEWPLUS EMPRINT, INK PRO, FORMATTER, AND DESIGNER: SEEING AND FEELING IS BELIEVING!
Abstract: The new ViewPlus Ink Pro Embosser permits users to emboss documents and overprint them with black ink. The new ViewPlus EmPrint produces a high-resolution color embossed image. Both printers employ HP ink jets, and both use Viewplus’s patented Tiger…
New Technologies for Accessible Tactile Math and Accessible Graphics
Tactile Spatial Math Sighted scientists use two-dimensional math equations, because they provide the most intuitive way to represent the math. Any equation can also be written in a linear form, eg LaTeX code, Fortran, BASIC, and C computer codes. Although…
The ViewPlus IVEO Scalable Vector Graphics Technology for Universally Usable Complex Information
Abstract The new ViewPlus IVEO Creator computer application enables authors easily to make graphical information in Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) format with features permitting universal accessibility. Simple graphics can be authored in IVEO Creator, but its greatest power is its…
Braille, Innovations, and Over-Specified Standards
Abstract The new Tiger embossing technology, developed in the author’s research group, produces more readable Braille than conventional embossers. The better readability traces to a smaller diameter embossed dot than that made by conventional technology. Some sighted Braille experts initially…
EMERGING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES FOR ACCESSIBLE MATH
Abstract This panel session discusses new approaches to making mathematical expressions accessible to computer users with print-disabilities. The panel members focus on three software products: WinTriangle[6], ChattyInfty[9], and MathPlayer[4]. All three are accessible presently in audio, and all either have…
Scientific Diagrams Made Easy with IVEO™
Abstract: Virtually all modern scientific documents and textbooks use graphical illustrations and/or data displays. The ViewPlus IVEO™ technology, based on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is being developed to permit scientists to publish such graphics in a form fully usable by…