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Beyond visual conventions: Rethinking the design of tactile diagrams

School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Sunderland, UK texyform{at}yahoo.co.uk

Edward Chronicle

Department of Psychology, University of Hawii at Manoa, Honolulu Hawaii

This article reviews the debate over the comprehension of two-dimensional microcapsule tactile pictures portraying three-dimensional information through the use of perspective and visual drawing conventions. It is proposed that three-dimensional haptic object recognition and its relationship to visual object recognition can inform the design of two-dimensional tactual displays. Experimental work is discussed which validates the use of such information in informing the design of 2-D tactile pictures.

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