tactile image: alligator

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Context Sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics rely on illustrations and graphs to convey their knowledge. However, blind people are limited to texts (if literate in Braille). To break this barrier, this project was based on a study¹ conducted with hundreds of printing tests with different dimensions on various materials to reduce the time and cost of manufacturing with the bases. The best results were presented to dozens of blind people to obtain the ideal dimensions for image recognition². This knowledge was applied in this one that is part of an image series, adapted to include visually impaired people in the world of imagetic knowledge. 1- BARROS, G.; CORREIA, W.; TEIXEIRA, J. M. Towards the Effectiveness of 3D Printing on Tactile Content Creation for Visually Impaired Users. Polymers, v. 15, n. 9, p. 2180, maio 2023. (https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/9/2180)2- BARROS, G. X. DA S. Diretrizes para o uso da manufatura aditiva como ferramenta geradora de recursos táteis para pessoas com deficiência visual: o design como peça fundamental no processo de inclusão. Recife: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2021. (https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/45602) Application procedures Recognition of information is very difficult if only the image is used, especially when presented to people who have never seen and, therefore, are not accustomed to our models of converting reality into illustration. Therefore, the image application should be done in conjunction with oral descriptions of the whole and the parts. The use of both hands should be encouraged for a better understanding of the scales. If there is availability of a Braille printer, captions can be added by gluing them onto the paper and drawing lines with 3D glue to the represented part.

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