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Three-Dimensional Tactile Images for Blind People: A Proposition for a Translating Model of Static Two-Dimensional Images

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Advances in Design for Inclusion (AHFE 2017)

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Abstract

This study aims to propose a model to translate static two-dimensional images into three-dimensional tactile images, to be 3D printed, as a way of transmitting information to blind people. The translating model was created from an exploratory method of the literature, which was divided in three steps: 1. Bibliographical review about tactile images, 3D printed tactile images, 3D printing and a search for an analysis model of static two-dimensional images; 2. Tabulation of data found in the bibliographical review and; 3. Model proposition from data crossing. The result is a proposed translating model divided in 4 levels, containing information from recommendations for the creation of tactile images, and a graphic analysis framework.

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    Emilia Christie Picelli Sanches, Claudia Mara Scudelari de Macedo & Juliana Bueno

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Sanches, E.C.P., de Macedo, C.M.S., Bueno, J. (2018). Three-Dimensional Tactile Images for Blind People: A Proposition for a Translating Model of Static Two-Dimensional Images. In: Di Bucchianico, G., Kercher, P. (eds) Advances in Design for Inclusion. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 587. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60597-5_44

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