
BANA Format Examples (retrieved from BANA Braille Formats 2016, updated for UEB)

Software
*Has a special option for drawing boxes around text/graphics to ignore when converting. Trust me, this is amazing.
- APH Tactile Graphics Library
- Susan Christensen Tutorial-BANA Template
- BANA Tactile Graphics
- Iowa School for the Blind
Tactile Graphics for Beginners
PLANNING GRAPHICS
Tactile Graphics Planning Sheet
Tactile Graphics Decision Tree:
Iowa Braille Tactile Graphics Resources
Braille Art as a “Stepping Stone” to Tactile Graphics
BANA Guide to Tactile Graphics
Pat Van Geem, TSBVI, Drawing in Microsoft Word:
Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4 Link 5
TSBVI Archived webinars:
PIAF/TIE Swell Machines
Use china pencil and draw free hand
Draw in Microsoft word and print onto fancy paper, run through machine
Tactile Graphics: Beyond the Basics
TIPS:
BANA Guide to Tactile Graphics
- Use Braille 29 font to hold your place
- Under View, click Gridlines for even placement/spacing
- Use ASCII chart when you need to update braille on an image
- Use Microsoft Paint for the few things you can’t manage in Microsoft Word-then import
- Save word documents as 97-2003 so that you can use the select/group feature
- Remember Ctrl+d will duplicate any drawn object selected
- Ctrl+d can duplicate sets of objects, as well–they don’t even have to be grouped
- Remember to ALWAYS save before translating
- Feel free to avoid translating by using Braille 29 font
- Work from the outside in–start with text boxes filled with Braille 29, and arrange them before other features
- Remember that you can remove the outline of a text box when you no longer need it, for stylistic reasons
STRATEGY:
Create an electronic bank of templates and resources to be used, re-used
Number lines
Graphs
2×3 tables
Create a bank of PIAF materials to be used and re-used
SUPPLIES:
Current Hardware Options:
Tiger Embosser
PIAF/TIE Swell Machines (expensive paper, save for re-useable items, benchmarks)
Additional software that works with Tiger Embossers:
TactileView Software
http://www.irie-at.com/content/tactileview-design-software
CorelDraw + Macros
https://www.prcvi.org/files/articles/creating-tactile-graphics-using-corel-draw-macros.pdf
https://www.prcvi.org/tactile-graphics.aspx
RESOURCES:
Adapted Graphics Listserv (email accessibleimage-request@freelists.org )
Duxbury
- Duxbury Demo
- Quick-tac Graphics Demo
- Duxbury & MathType
- Duxbury & Scientific Notebook
- NEW: Duxbury & TactileView Graphics Software
Mathtype+TSS
- TSS Trial
- MathType 30 Day Trial
- MathType Tips & Tricks
- MathType/TSS 4.0 Steps
- Maria Anderson Tutorial Videos