The TactileView ClickPad holds both the tactile image, and the holder with the receiver for the TactileView digital pen. The rubber bands on the corners of the ClickPad make sure the tactile image is always on the same position. The holder for the receiver is placed at the edges, using magnets in the sides. This results in the images always being in the correct position for pointing on them with the TactileView digital pen. At …
Note: Since summer 2022, the Digital Pen has not been for sale anymore. This manual is for users who still own this former Thinkable product. The TactileView digital pen is a special version of a ballpoint pen. The pen writes in ink like a normal pen, but at the same time determines the position of its tip on the drawing surface. In the pen’s tip is a small transmitter, which sends a signal to a …
The TactileView ClickPad is a clipboard, on which a tactile image is placed. Combined with the TactileView digital pen and the TactileView software, the ClickPad functions as a touch screen. On this, a VIP (Visually Impaired Person) can explore an audio-tactile image; a tactile image that contains audible information as well. The digital pen is used as a click and point device similar to a computer mouse, and tells the computer on which position of …
By making different cardboard templates, you can draw elegant, repeating and overlapping patterns. This video shows how the small triangle can be used as a reference to make your own templates.
When the notches around the outside of the CircleFrame are combined with rubber bands, you can create a grid of radial lines as guidelines for your drawings, as can be seen in this video.
The largest of the three drawing tools that come with the CircleFrame consists of a triangle with different templates on all sides. This video shows how this tool can be combined with the CircleFrame to create interesting, overlapping patterns.
This video shows the different ways in which the compass can be used to make beautiful circular patterns or concentric circles within the CircleFrame.
Using the slots in the wedge-shaped tool, you can easily draw the hands of a clock, as explained in this video.
This next video shows how the clearly defined tactile degree indicators along the inner edge of the circle in the CircleFrame can be combined with the wedge-shaped tool to create accurate pie charts.
This first video shows the different features that make up the CircleFrame, the drawing tools that are supplied with the CircleFrame, how it can be positioned on the TactiPad and how to use the different indicators as a basis for your drawings.