Fractals of the day

RantWoman left to her own devices probably would never have thought to order Tactile View tactile graphics software to use with the STAR of Seattle  braille embosser.

 

The actual project that was supposed to materialize to use the software did not happen for someone else’s staffing reasons. But boy has RantWoman been having fun, or as much fun as one can have with google images, options to convert images to black and white, to negative, and to line drawing or some combination.

 

Tactile View offers LOTS of cool functions RantWoman has not taken time to explore. Tactile View also offers what to RantWoman is really satisfying interaction with the screen reading functions of Zoomtext. RantWoman finds herself surprised by what gets read, information RantWoman would never find visually.

 

Sometimes RantWoman needs to make a tactile graphic at the start of the day to invoke calm and to keep RantWoman out of various mental ruts. Lately Rantwoman is also really into fractals for both mathematical and metaphorical reasons

 

 

Mainly RantWoman keeps it really simple starting with guesswork about what kinds of images will translate well into line drawings and then into tactile images where key elements can be identified by touch exploration.

 

RantWoman also has to be careful because what looks visually like it will be meaningful sometimes does not turn out to be. The images here illustrate this point. The images to the right and upper right have more detail than can be reflected at the resolution used by the embosser. RantWoman thinks the tactile results would illustrate some properties of fractals. However the graphical image also illustrates the distortions that can occur when images are stretched to a size different from the original. Everyone gets to cope and learn.