Re: computer science major and information technology major help needed
There's a variety of resources scattered about that may be of use, a few options include:
-3D Pens like the [3Doodler Start], which is 50$ US and certified accessible by the RNIB. It has accessible audio instructions [here], with braille instructons upon request. These can be very useful in a classroom setting to demonstrate things like discrete graphs and other concepts.
-3D printers, some universities have written software for 3D printing shapes and visual materials so users can feel them, which like 3D Pens can help when learning some mathematics of visual design concepts, [Trace2SCAD] being one such tool. For direct accessible 3D printer control, you can look into using Pronsole which is a command line interface, with Slic3r for converting models into printer code, both of which are screen reader accessible, though a bit janky.
-Sonifiers like The vOICe or EyeMusic, which convert images into sound. While not perfect due to low resolution and greyscale pallete, sonifiers can be used to visualize displayed imagery on a computer.
-Accessible Visual Drawing software, such as SVGDraw01, TactileView, BrushTone, BlindPaint, and DrawBack, many of which also have braille support. There's also [GSK#] which can be used for handling Graphs in mathematics, though use of pipe cleaners or wikki sticks can work too.
-3D Modelling tools are hard to come by, but some solutions do exist. You can use OpenSCAD which is a script based 3D modelling program that can export STL files, which can also coincidentally be used with 3D printers. You can also use a support program called AudiMesh3D which is designed to load 3D STL models and visualize them as DepthMaps using a built in sonifier, and was designed to be used with OpenSCAD.
-Screen readers like Jaws and NVDA, which it should go without saying can handle Math notation.
There's also some guides for Raspberry Pi's and Arduinos, Soldering Guides for the Blind, and so forth. Most of these are free at little or no cost.
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