Two things spring to mind here. First, there was special styryne coated paper of some sort one could print on, then roll through a heating system to bring up the tactile version of the image. This is quite old technology. Second, Moon as an alphabet was raised tactile simplified representations of the standard visual alphabet. Do we know if this new one relates to that or is a new one altogether. In all, it strikes me that it is all a new look at some old solutions that had their mileage at the time. All the best inventions are simple and just a new slant or lateral thinking on existing technologies. We do read a lot of blurb from such developers like they just invented the wheel for the blind. When we get access to it, and at a listening developer, we can usually iron out or refine their offerings to better suit our needs as we percieve them, rather than how they percieve them. A world of difference can lay between these two perspectives. There is so much scope for tactile material, for the sake of best presentation, or representation. JMO, RobH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 7:35 PM Subject: Re: Possibly Off-Topic: Elia, a tactile alphabet proclaiming to be anintuitive alternative to Braille. It did look a little interesting, but I share much of the same skepticism. I have no problem at all with Kickstarter, and I don't even have a problem with the method of getting the letters to raise up on the sheet of paper. However, I do have a bit of a problem with some company saying they found something that works better than braille, when what they really have done is try to change the English alphabet. I mean really, if you're gonna modify an inkjet printer to print raised letters, then you don't have to modify the alphabet in any way except to make the letters larger so they are easy to feel. If the target truly is those people who have become blind or visually impaired later in life, then what is the point of making them learn new letters, when using the same technique, they could simply read the letters they have used all their lives? Just my thoughts. Imetumwa kutoka sakafu _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list