Introduction to Algorithms
Discrete Mathematical Structures
Discrete Mathematical Structures
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
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Automating tactile graphics translation
Proceedings of the 7th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Automatic production of tactile graphics from scalable vector graphics
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Automated interpretation and accessible presentation of technical diagrams for blind people
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Instant tactile-audio map: enabling access to digital maps for people with visual impairment
Proceedings of the 11th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Image categorization for improving accessibility to information graphics
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High-quality tactile paintings
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Making turing machines accessible to blind students
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ICCHP'12 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Volume Part I
Computer-Aided design of tactile models: taxonomy and case studies
ICCHP'12 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Volume Part II
Viable haptic UML for blind people
ICCHP'12 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Volume Part II
Access to multimodal articles for individuals with sight impairments
ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS) - Special issue on highlights of the decade in interactive intelligent systems
Automatic image conversion to tactile graphic
Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
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We address the practical problem of automating the process of translating figures from mathematics, science, and engineering textbooks to a tactile form suitable for blind students. The Tactile Graphics Assistant (TGA) and accompanying workflow is described. Components of the TGA that identify text and replace it with Braille use machine learning, computational geometry, and optimization algorithms. We followed through with the ideas in our 2005 paper by creating a more detailed workflow, translating actual images, and analyzing the translation time. Our experience in translating more than 2,300 figures from 4 textbooks demonstrates that figures can be translated in ten minutes or less of human time on average. We describe our experience with training tactile graphics specialists to use the new TGA technology.