libbraille / Tactile Beyond Braille
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Tactile Beyond Braille
Raised-line diagrams, tactile paving, floor-plan graphics — the tactile world that extends beyond the cell.
- 01What a Raised Line Can and Cannot ShowExamines the production constraints and perceptual limits of raised-line diagrams — swell paper, vacuum-formed overlays, microcapsule paper…Feature
4 min - 02Where the Paving Is StandardisedSurveys the international standards that govern tactile ground surface indicators — blister patterns for hazard, bar patterns for direction…Feature
4 min - 03Reading Is a Tracking Problem Before It Is a Decoding ProblemArgues that the primary cognitive load in tactile reading — whether braille text or a raised diagram — is spatial tracking rather than symbol recog…Long read
6 min - 04Tactile Maps Need Real CoordinatesExplains why tactile maps must be drawn from accurate survey data rather than schematised — the perceptual cost of topological distortion is higher…Short
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