7 Reason Why the Tactile Images READER Mobile App for the Blind Needs Your Support
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...
The Free Mobile Solution That Empowers The Blind to Explore Tactile Graphics Independently
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...
Dobermann
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...
Teckel
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...
Eagle
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...
Walrus
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,...
#SendAHand for the blind: a 10-second video of your hand can help the blind understand the world better
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...
The Subway Wagon – from side and from above
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...
Tram inside – view from above
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...
The E-learning Platform Tactile Images Is an Educational Innovation Dedicated to Blind People
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...
Spatial Education for the Blind: Easy, Fast and Inexpensive
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,...
The E-Learning Platform for the Blind – Our Journey from Free (Now) to Freemium (Soon)
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...
Blind Children Can Now Explore Tactile Graphics at Their Own Pace
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...
Railway line
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...
Elephant
Image description The image shows a very large, robust animal, called elephant, seen from profile, oriented towards the left 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...
Chimpanzee
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...
Butterfly
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...
TIR Truck
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...
Truck facade
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...
Smart car
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...
Pickup truck
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...
Four by Four off-road car
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....
We Are Here to Help the Teachers of Blind Children Teach Visual Content While in Lock-Down
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...
Station Wagon (Break car)
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...Warning: implode(): Invalid arguments passed in /home/touching/public_html/wp-content/plugins/facebook-pagelike-widget/fb_class.php on line 44
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