Tactile graphics are a common way to present information to people with vision impairments. Tactile graphics can be used to explore a broad range of static visual content but aren’t well suited to ...

The goal of a tactile graphic is to convey the essential message or concepts contained in a work. Creating tactile graphics can be as simple as adding raised lines to an illustration, or as complex as ...

The Swell Form Pro is specifically designed to improve, and enhance, the tactile graphic production capabilities for large-scale publishers. At speeds up to seven times faster than the standard Swell ...

Think blind and visually impaired people won’t be able to appreciate the solar eclipse on Monday? Not with Professor Cass Runyon of the College of Charleston on the job. Runyon, a geology professor, ...

In the 19th century, an art form known as lithophanes was all the rage in Western Europe. These thin engravings were usually made from translucent materials like porcelain or wax. When backlit, a ...

Chancey Fleet of the New York Public Library uses a graphic embosser to print tactile images for people who are blind or have low vision. For almost 200 years, the Braille system has turned the ...

Seeing is believing, unless you're blind or visually impaired. To this group, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) says, "try feeling is believing." Computer scientists and ...

Many of the resources referenced are no longer available, and links to them have been removed. The guidelines in this section lay out specific ways to make materials such as digital publications, ...