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Presentation 2010-05-21 15:45
Map Embossing Function in Tactile Map Automatic Creating System
Ken Watanabe, Tetsuya Watanabe, George Akiyama, Toshimitsu Yamaguchi (Niigata Univ.), Kazunori Minatani (Nati. Center for Univ. Entrance Examination), Manabi Miyagi (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.), Susumu Oouchi (Nati. Inst. of Special Needs Education) WIT2010-6
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) We are developing the Tactile Automatic Creation System (TMACS) which enables blind persons to produce tactile maps with screen readers. The current system produces tactile maps on capsule paper. According to the request of blind persons, we started developing programs for printing tactile maps with the embosser. There are two methods for producing embossed tactile maps: one is to output tactile maps directly to the embosser and the other is to create EDEL files. We held a workshop for blind persons and asked the participants the usability of tactile maps produced with our new programs.
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(in English) Blind Persons / Tactile Maps / Braille Embossers / EDEL / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 110, no. 53, WIT2010-6, pp. 27-31, May 2010.
Paper # WIT2010-6 
Date of Issue 2010-05-14 (WIT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee WIT  
Conference Date 2010-05-21 - 2010-05-22 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Tokimate, Univ. of Niigata 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Well-being Information Technology 
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Conference Code 2010-05-WIT 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) Map Embossing Function in Tactile Map Automatic Creating System 
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Keyword(1) Blind Persons  
Keyword(2) Tactile Maps  
Keyword(3) Braille Embossers  
Keyword(4) EDEL  
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1st Author's Name Ken Watanabe  
1st Author's Affiliation Niigata University (Niigata Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Tetsuya Watanabe  
2nd Author's Affiliation Niigata University (Niigata Univ.)
3rd Author's Name George Akiyama  
3rd Author's Affiliation Niigata University (Niigata Univ.)
4th Author's Name Toshimitsu Yamaguchi  
4th Author's Affiliation Niigata University (Niigata Univ.)
5th Author's Name Kazunori Minatani  
5th Author's Affiliation National Center for University Entrance Examination (Nati. Center for Univ. Entrance Examination)
6th Author's Name Manabi Miyagi  
6th Author's Affiliation Tsukuba University of Technology (Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.)
7th Author's Name Susumu Oouchi  
7th Author's Affiliation National Institute of Special Needs Education (Nati. Inst. of Special Needs Education)
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Date Time 2010-05-21 15:45:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
Registration for WIT 
Paper # WIT2010-6 
Volume (vol) vol.110 
Number (no) no.53 
Page pp.27-31 
#Pages 5 
Date of Issue 2010-05-14 (WIT) 

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