The provision of tactile graphics enables your
organisation to meet the needs of your blind and partially sighted employees,
visitors, customers and consumers, and can help you to comply
with the Disability Discrimination Act.
Meeting your needs
The NCTD offers a wide range of services to assist organisations
in meeting the needs of their employees, consumers, and customers
in a variety of environments, for example:
- tactile maps of sites and buildings improve independent orientation
and navigation
- tactile pictures of works of art and museum exhibits can allow
enjoyment of that which would otherwise be inaccessible
- tactile graphics provide vital access to graphical business
information such as charts of management structure and work
flow
- maps of parks, countryside walks, and tourist areas
- when working with computers, tactile graphics can rapidly
assist the learning of new keyboard and screen layouts
- layouts of buttons on public machines such as cash dispensers
and ticket machines
Options for all requirements and budgets
The NCTD can provide a wide variety of tactile graphics from
hand held sheets to durable signs, in any quantity. Some of the
methods we use are limited to large quantities as the cost is
sometimes prohibitive.
"I really appreciated the tactile floor plan with an
audio description, it gave me a really clear idea of the layout
of the building, and of each room." AS - blind individual.
We also offer access packs for the most comprehensive accessibility
solution. Containing any combination of braille, moon, large print,
audio cassette as well as tactile and large print graphics, the
access pack is designed to be a one stop tool to meet all of your
requirements for access to information.
Thanks to generous sponsorship
from the Herobc project and the Kirby Laing Foundation we are
able to offer our services to organisations at a subsidised rate.
For details about ordering please visit our how
to place and order page. We host a catalogue
of tactile graphics available to purchase. We also offer training
in all areas associated with the production, use and support of
tactile graphics.
If you would like to discuss any of the services which we can
offer, from a simple diagram to a complete access pack please
contact us.
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