Discover how new screen reader tools from Dot transform documents, code, tables, charts and equations into tactile information.
If you use a screen reader, you already know how much effort can go into building a picture of what is on screen – one line, one cell or one element at a time.
We will demonstrate a different way to work: the new Tactile Display API for Dot Pad, with enhanced support in JAWS and NVDA.
This live session is designed to show the experience, not simply describe the technology. We will move through familiar Windows applications and demonstrate how multiline braille, tactile graphics and structured information can sit beneath your fingertips while you continue using the screen reader tools you know.
What changes for you?
Keep more context in view. Choose six, eight or ten lines, so you can read more information at once and spend less time panning.
Understand layout through touch. Explore tables, structured documents, code and diagrams as spatial information rather than a sequence of disconnected items.
Make maths and data more immediate. Feel graphs created from Microsoft Word equations or MathML, and identify trends or spikes in tactile charts from Excel.
Choose the mode that helps you read. Use braille or a hybrid braille-and-tactile-print mode to support recognition of unfamiliar characters.
Collaborate more easily. With Dot Pad Display Viewer, a sighted colleague, teacher or trainer can see the dots beneath your fingers on screen and follow the same material with you.
Who should join?
The webinar is for blind and low-vision users, educators, accessibility professionals, developers, distributors and anyone exploring better access to multiline braille and tactile graphics.
Whether you want a faster way to navigate dense material or are considering an integration for your own product, you will see where the API can make a practical difference.
The webinar includes approximately 40 minutes of demonstration followed by a live Q&A.