- Why?Capture // Create // Record // Share
Why?Educational Resources for the VITactile graphics and specialist educational aids can be very expensive or labour intense to prepare. Moreover, currently there is no adequate centralised system to share aids and inspirations for the visually impaired, their teachers, support workers and parents who constantly reinvent ways to explore the world without the sense of sight.
How?2D + 3D + audioBased on an idea that simple vector shapes and silhouettes can be easily raised into tactile graphics, Tactilise does not require any 3D modelling skills to achieve three-dimensional results which can be further modified by other users. - How it works?
Tactilise supports open-knowledge exchange in the community of professionals, parents and the visually impaired themselves by providing them with a tool to create and share interactive digital content in a tactile way.
Raised Vector Graphics2D - 3DBased on an idea that simple vector shapes and silhouettes can be easily raised into tactile graphics, Tactilise does not require any 3D modelling skills to achieve three-dimensional results which can be further modified by other users.
Human Recorder AudioTargeted Audio DescriptionsDiscover more emotional and personalised experience through targeted audio descriptions recorded by other users. Simply touch details of the tactile graphics or their digital model to record or upload an audio description.
Simple Shapes AppThe power of simplicityIntuitive application for creation of graphics based on simple geometric shapes.
Specialist CommunityShare to improveBuild on experience of other specialists, parents and visually impaired, customise and share back with the community. - StoriesSee how Tactilise can help in everyday life of the professionals working with the visually impaired and the visually impaired themselves.
ALISON : Qualified Teacher for Visual Impairment.Tactilise helped Alison to plan the science lesson and provided a tactile model that she was able to easily modify and voice-tag. Thanks to printing it in pieces, her students could interact with the model and discover possible particle combinations. The model then fed back to the community.
JAMES : visually impaired young adultJames enjoys drawing and sculpting using magnification technology. He would like to share his work with his visually impaired friends. Tactilise enables James to create a personalized 3D audio-tactile graphics even out of complex drawings that he can share with his family and friends, both sighted and visually impaired. Recorded voice gives to the audio-graphics even more emotional and personal value. 
AboutTactilise is a result of a 3-month Master Project of Aleksandra Kozawska, MDes Design Innovation and Service Design at the Glasgow School of Art.The concept has been created with user-centered design methods and prototyped with the visually impaired participants.Project realised with participation of Sense Scotland and Visibility.See Aleksandra's other projects here.
