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Accessible campus maps (self.Blind)
submitted by Ninka107
Hi there. I work for a small university with a couple of campuses. We have maps of both campuses on our website as PDFs. I would like to make them accessible to blind users but don't know how to do this or if it needs tackling in a completely different way. If you can give me any advice or suggestions, I'd be very grateful.
JMinNC 2 points 3y ago
spmealin 1 points 3y ago
There's also a getting started tutorial for maps which covers basic exploration: https://support.sas.com/accessibility/tutorials/maps/
Ninka107 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Thank you, Jack. This would be particularly useful to share with students before they arrive so they could familiarise themselves beforehand. Have you found it needs a lot of technical knowledge or is it relatively easy to follow the instructions?
spmealin 1 points 3y ago
Not Jack, but I'll try to answer your question. Creating maps is pretty simple following the directions in Jack's link above. From the student's perspective, they just need to install the SAS Graphics Accelerator within Google Chrome and open the HTML file generated by the map creator. If they haven't used maps in the SAS Graphics Accelerator before, there is a getting started tutorial which walks them through the basics of exploration: https://support.sas.com/accessibility/tutorials/maps/.
KillerLag 1 points 3y ago
That's interesting.... I'll definitely have to do more research into that! I've been using My Map for years, but I never realized it was accessible to that degree.
JMinNC 1 points 3y ago
The SAS graphics accelerator just added the ability to do maps last month. So it’s pretty new!
KillerLag 1 points 3y ago
Cool, thanks!
KillerLag 2 points 3y ago
Would something like this work?
https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/3dmap/
https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/news/3d-printed-tactile-maps-increase-accessibility-university-campus
Check into a company that can do 3D printed to convert the PDFs into something the 3D printer could understand. If there is a nearby agency that works with the blind, an O&M instructor can also help make suggestions for improving map accuracy and readability.
https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/3dmap/
https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/news/3d-printed-tactile-maps-increase-accessibility-university-campus
Check into a company that can do 3D printed to convert the PDFs into something the 3D printer could understand. If there is a nearby agency that works with the blind, an O&M instructor can also help make suggestions for improving map accuracy and readability.
Ninka107 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Thank you. This is really helpful.
msimmons024 1 points 3y ago
The lighthouse for the blind and visually impaired in sf does tactile maps called t-maps. If u need any type of tactile map, then they’re the people to go to.
Ninka107 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
My post has been removed by moderators and I don't know why. I would like advice please on how to make a pdf map accessible to blind users.
impablomations 1 points 3y ago
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