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Consistency of a Tactile Pattern Set

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Denise Prescher,

Jens Bornschein,

Gerhard WeberAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS), Volume 10, Issue 2

Article No.: 7, Pages 1 - 29

https://doi.org/10.1145/3053723

Published: 06 April 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Consistency over multiple images is a central requirement in most guidelines for creating tactile graphics. By contrast, tactile consistency over multiple production media for tactile graphics is not very common. In this article, we describe a user-centered approach of developing a tactile fill pattern set to be used for tactile graphics on microcapsule paper, tactile matrix embossers, and dynamic tactile pin-matrix devices. We show the results of our iterative user evaluations with visually impaired and blind-folded sighted participants. Finally, we present a Scalable Vector Graphics pattern set that comprises nine intuitively recognizable and distinctive patterns keeping their meaning and recognizability over the different production media.

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