Abstract for Tactile Graphics 2008

Title: Dissecting complex graphics: Strategies for planning and editing

Reference: P9-C

Presenter: Lucia Hasty

Tactile Graphics Technical Committee Chairperson, Braille Authority of North America, USA

Abstract:

Students are encountering increasingly more complex graphics in textbooks and other educational materials. Additionally, the amount of content presented only in a graphic form, and not repeated in text, is increasing. The producer of accessible format textbooks faces a number of challenges when planning and editing complex print graphics for production as a tactile graphic. This session will present strategies for determining which print graphics should be produced as a tactile graphic, when another method is more appropriate for presenting the content to the reader, and a method of dissecting the complex print graphic through a step-by-step process. This strategy is included in the new publication BANA/CBA Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics.

Objectives of presentation:

to outline decision-making strategies for determining when to produce content as a tactile graphic, using a decision-making flowchart
to discuss basic guidelines for selecting and using an alternate method of presentation
to demonstrate a step-by-step process for planning and editing a complex print graphic for production as a tactile graphic

Outcomes for audience:

Participants will be able to:

select textbook materials that are appropriate for presentation as a tactile graphic
author a useable transcriber's or producer's note to accompany or replace content presented in a print graphic
plan and edit a complex print graphic for production as a tactile graphic

Prior knowledge of topic assumed: Low

Contains advanced technical content: No

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