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Subject:Re: Maps for the visually impaired From:"Stuart Burnfield" <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au> To:"Techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:58:09 +0800
Steve, I suggest you contact Iain Murray at the Curtin University
Centre for Accessible Technology (CUCAT): They do great work. Contact
details here: http://www.cucat.org/about.php
--- Stuart
From: Steve Hudson
> Does anyone have any idea of what solutions the visually impaired
> use for dealing with maps? I have the unenviable task of somehow
> presenting a map covered with dots of different sizes that portray a
striking
> statistical picture, in a manner suitable for our less sighted
friends.
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