[QuickTacBeta] QuickTacBeta Digest, Vol 3, Issue 2

[Lucia Hasty]

Matthew- Incorporating graphics into your braille production shop is a
great idea and definitely should be done. However, even if technically you
can import print pictures directly into graphics software, it is usually
not the thing to do. The print image alone, with all the visual symbols
that help a sighted reader interpret the picture, does not become a
meaningful or understandable graphic for a braille reader. Please, please
don't try to do a straight conversion, , especially in textbooks! Braille
readers need much better graphics. You are welcome to contact me off list
about this.

Lucia Hasty
Lhasty2 at earthlink.net
www.tactilegraphics.org  


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>    1. Adding Graphics to Braille Materials (Matthew Chao)
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> From: "Matthew Chao" <Matt.Chao at state.ma.us>
> Subject: [QuickTacBeta] Adding Graphics to Braille Materials
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> Hi, Folks!  I am considering using QuickTac to incorporate graphics into
our production capabilities.  I have a few questions, as including graphics
is new to me.
>
> 1.  Our facility uses the Juliet Classic embossers.  Do I use QuickTac in
combination with DBT to import the graphic?
>
> 2.  Can I take a Word doc which has pictures and convert it directly to
braille, and if so, how?
>
> 3.  How difficult is it to incorporate pictures into a DBT document?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.--Matthew Chao, Braille Production Shop,
Bay State Correctional center, Norfolk, MA
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> Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 09:43:24 -0400
> From: "Peter Sullivan" <peter at duxsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [QuickTacBeta] Adding Graphics to Braille Materials
> To: <quicktacbeta at duxsys.com>
> Cc: 'Matthew Chao' <Matt.Chao at state.ma.us>
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> Matt,
>
> You don't appear to be subscribed to the list.  So any responses will have
> to go directly to you.
>
> I'll respond only to the second query.  At the moment, neither QuickTac
nor
> any Duxbury software processes pictures directly from MS Word documents. 
(I
> do hope to be working on that soon, but haven't anything even in active
> development on that front.)
>
> The other questions are probably better answered by experienced users.  I
> you want my take on those matters, you can re-post or e-mail me directly.
>
> - Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:quicktacbeta-bounces at duxsys.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Chao
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 9:39 AM
> To: quicktacbeta at duxsys.com
> Subject: [QuickTacBeta] Adding Graphics to Braille Materials
>
> Hi, Folks!  I am considering using QuickTac to incorporate graphics into
our
> production capabilities.  I have a few questions, as including graphics is
> new to me.
>
> 1.  Our facility uses the Juliet Classic embossers.  Do I use QuickTac in
> combination with DBT to import the graphic?
>
> 2.  Can I take a Word doc which has pictures and convert it directly to
> braille, and if so, how?
>
> 3.  How difficult is it to incorporate pictures into a DBT document?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.--Matthew Chao, Braille Production Shop,
Bay
> State Correctional center, Norfolk, MA
>
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