Towards Automatic Generation of Tactile Graphics

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  • Kenneth Barner
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Abundant high-quality computer images are available on the Internet and elsewhere, yet many are virtually inaccessible to the blind computer user. This paper introduces research in the development of a system for automatic conversion of any digitized image into a comprehensible tactile graphic form. An experimental software and hardware system is presented, and preliminary test results are discussed.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004