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Drawing For The Blind

Posted by timothy on from the but-not-the-colorblind dept.

idletask writes: "Hesham Kamel, a student from University of Berkeley who lost his vision 17 years ago due to a surgeon error, imagined and implemented IC2D (Integrated Communication 2 Draw), a program allowing visually impaired people in general to create computer graphics. The interface to the program is a mere telephone keypad, and it uses voice synthesis to communicate with the user. In fact, this program reveals, through its testers, that yes, blind people know how to draw, and they're as good at it as other people. More information on this program can be found here (1) and here (2). Story found on ArsTechnica."

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  1. How a blind person can "use" a drawing by texchanchan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Re, If they're "visually impaired", how are they going to enjoy their own work?

    Drawings aren't all just to look at.

    Suppose you're visually impaired or even completely blind. You could use this tool for drawing architectural plans, circuit diagrams, garden layouts, org charts--anything you want.