Educational materials for the blind are costly. Although there are many free online libraries of tactile graphics available, embossing is still a problem for most of the parents of blind children. This is why we came up with a way for you to emboss tactile graphics at...
The Tactile Images READER app is here to play the role of the person over the shoulder, to help blind people explore tactile graphics – drawings with raised surfaces – independently. Because it uses artificial intelligence and interactive augmented reality...
With all the assistive technology available today, studying visuals is still difficult for blind people. Although there are already some solutions that allow the blind to explore tactile graphics independently, they are all costly, and they limit the exploration...
Image description The image shows a medium-sized dog, of German Dobermann breed, in profile, standing, looking to the right. The dog has a narrow head with an elongated snout and sharp, short ears, a slender body. muscular, ending with a small tail. The fur is short...
Image description The image shows in profile a small dog, of the German breed Teckel or Dachshund, named in Romanian as Șoricar, standing, looking to the right side. The dog has a rounded head with a long, conical snout and large, lowered ears, a short, elongated...
Image description The image shows on the left a large bird, called an eagle, seen from the bottom up, in flight, with its two wings outstretched. The head is round, rendered full in relief, directed to the right side, finished with a well-pronounced beak, with the tip...
Image description The image shows a large semi-aquatic mammal, called a walrus, seen from profile, oriented towards the right side. The walrus is characterized by a mound shape, but the head is short and round, two long ivory fangs, sharp and slightly arched down,...
Hands are what turn blind persons into explorers. With them, they get to touch dear faces to discover what a smile looks like or different objects to explore the world slowly. But life is full of intangible things, to which the blind do not have direct access. Now you...
Image description The image above shows a subway wagon, seen from side, represented in the shape of a rectangle with rounded corners. At its base are four pairs of wheels, in the left and right edge, from side being illustrated two and marked by blank circles bond by...
Image description The image shows, viewed from above, the interior of public railway transportation vehicle, consisting of three connected wagons, on electric traction, pulled on rails by a power wagon, facing left and called a tram. The three wagons are represented...
To learn what a butterfly, a building, or a map looks like, a blind child needs a tactile graphic – simplified and embossed drawing. Moreover, they need another person, a specialist, to guide their hand on the tactile drawing and to simultaneously provide them...
Studying tactile graphics is and has always been a complex process. For blind people to have access to visual content, expensive materials, time, and specialized persons are required. Because this significantly slows down the educational process of blind children and,...
Our dream is to empower blind people all over the world. This is why we thought of a solution to revolutionize their education – an e-learning platform with self-describing tactile graphics, a mobile app which allows them to study tactile graphics independently...
We see maps, pictures, paintings in a blink. It takes just a moment to gather a significant amount of visual information. For blind people, on the other hand, exploring a tactile graphic – a simplified and embossed drawing takes a lot of time. Not to mention...
Image description The image shows a segment of a railway line, viewed from above, positioned horizontally, ending in the right edge. This rail transport or the track enables trains that transport freight or passengers to move by rolling its conical shaped wheels on...
Image description The image shows a very large, robust animal, called elephant, seen from profile, oriented towards right side. The mammal, rendered in full relief, has a square body, weighing about a ton, with wide, thin ears and positioned as two fans on each side...
Image description The image shows a small to medium-sized animal, called a chimpanzee,human-like by the format of the skeleton and skull, viewed from the profile, oriented towards right side. The intelligent monkey is rendered full in relief, positioned standing, with...
Image description The image shows a flying insect evolved from the caterpillar stage, called a butterfly, seen from above, with its wings spread horizontally. It is characterized by wide wings, narrow and slender body, highlighted in relief, very small head with two...
Image description The image shows a massive, ten-wheeled, heavy-duty vehicle, called, after the initials, from the French TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers, meaning International Road Transport) similar to a truck, viewed from side, facing left. In the first...
Image description The image shows a massive, ten-wheeled, heavy-duty vehicle, called, after the initials, from the French TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers, meaning International Road Transport) similar to a truck, viewed from the front. The heavy truck is a...
Image description The image shows a model of a small class car, on four wheels, from the German brand Smart, also called a micro-car, with a small engine, seen from side, facing left. It is a rounded, compact, hill-shaped car with a domed roof, low in height, being...
Image description The image shows a model of a heavy vehicle, designed for goods transportation, usually with four-wheel drive, viewed from side, facing left. It is a squarish, all-terrain vehicle, massive, high in height, being equipped with a driver’s cab with...
Image description The image shows a four by four or four-wheel drive car model, viewed from side, facing left. It is a squarish, off-road vehicle, massive, heavy, high in height, being designed both for roads and for rough terrain with mud, snow, or for wet surfaces....
With schools closed, teachers all over the world are now resorting to online tools. Zoom is the new classroom, where teachers talk to children, share ideas and visuals through slides and PowerPoint presentations. If for sighted children, switching to online might be...
Image description The image shows a model of a modern car, known as the Break or the Station Wagon, viewed from side, facing left. It is a squarish car, slightly elongated, with a body car common to most contemporary cars, being designed with an extra space extended...
