Produced by the Royal National College for the Blind for the European market, the T3 (Talking Tactile Technology) is a low-cost computer peripheral. It consists of a compact enclosure which houses a touch-sensitive surface, a simple apparatus for holding a tactile graphic overlay motionless against the touch-surface, and hardware for establishing USB communications between the device and a host computer via a single cable. By assigning identities to irregularly shaped regions, lines and points, it is possible to have the computer speak the name of any feature of a tactile drawing, to which an appropriate digital audio file has been linked. This 'programming' can be carried out by the teacher using the Authoring Tool software supplied. Additionally, more elaborate and interactive programming can be created that use pre-recorded human speech, synthetic voice and sound effects as output, with many layers of data being associated with a single point. In addition RNC are committed to developing a library of national curriculum based overlays from early years to Higher Education.
For further information please visit our website: www.talktab.org or telephone RNC 01432 265725 where one of the team will be pleased to help, or email lrw@rncb.ac.uk or ee@rncb.ac.uk
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