{"id":722,"date":"2022-08-26T11:53:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T11:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/?p=722"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:25:38","slug":"how-does-the-direct-access-tactile-map-board-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/news\/how-does-the-direct-access-tactile-map-board-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the Direct Access tactile map board work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"722\" class=\"elementor elementor-722\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad721c3 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"ad721c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does the Direct Access tactile map board work?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8878770\" data-id=\"8878770\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-735a331 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"735a331\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9548b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19cb89e\" data-id=\"19cb89e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ba2cf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ba2cf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_9224-scaled-2-1024x777.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-730\" alt=\"Close up of a man&#039;s fingers interpreting a Direct Access braille map board for a museum. Specifically, an image of a tea cup, insinuating the location of an on-site cafe.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_9224-scaled-2-1024x777.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_9224-scaled-2-300x228.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_9224-scaled-2-768x583.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_9224-scaled-2-1536x1166.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_9224-scaled-2-2048x1554.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3d66d4\" data-id=\"b3d66d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b34c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7b34c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Direct Access has the immense privilege of contributing to the merge of two quickly synthesising worlds; technological innovation, and accessibility (which we are all about), with the launch of our new Tactile Braille Map Boards. But what is a Tactile Braille Map Board? How do they work?<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To explain this, we first need to dive into the history of tactile graphics, Braille, and communication formats.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal simplyweb-checked\"><span class=\"simplyweb-checked\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">In its simplest form, a tactile map, or graphic, is a wayfinding tool that helps disabled people with visual impairments navigate public spaces. While many of us use our sense of sight to read paper maps, which are usually flat, a tactile map utilises Braille; a system of raised dots placed upon text, keys, and characters that instead allows us to use our sense of touch to decipher the information. With a history dating back over 200 years, Braille has been the primary access and communication tool used by severely visually impaired people for generations, particularly in the pre-computer\/information age.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebf950b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebf950b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c7658c\" data-id=\"7c7658c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea2df6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea2df6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Braille remains a significant tool within our society at large, enjoying consistent use within education environments as a tool to help blind and visually impaired children learn how to read and write. But its incorporation into the design of map boards has not been standardised \u2013 which is a huge problem for accessibility and inclusion when we consider how a blind or visually impaired person might interact in built environments. After all, if you were unable to successfully read a map, would you not naturally avoid that environment? This problem generates unequal access and benefits neither disabled people nor facility owners, which is the issue that Direct Access has set out to solve with our innovative Tactile Map system.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite existing for two hundred years or so, Braille is very limiting in isolation. In fact, it is not even the preferred method of communication for a lot of blind and visually impaired people these days; as many would rather listen to a detailed audio description explaining the layout of a built environment rather than read\/feel it on paper. This is where Direct Access Tactile Braille Map boards come into the picture. We set out to create a way finder that merges traditional methods with accessible tactile graphic technologies, offering pictorial information to people with all kinds of disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a708c66\" data-id=\"a708c66\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65fcd05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65fcd05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-scaled-2-1024x631.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-731\" alt=\"A close-up shot of a man&#039;s hands feeling a Direct Access tactile map board.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-scaled-2-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-scaled-2-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-scaled-2-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-scaled-2-1536x946.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-scaled-2-2048x1262.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13e3498 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13e3498\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d26b310\" data-id=\"d26b310\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8c196b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a8c196b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-665d109 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"665d109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In our technology-driven world, carrying around a paper map is an inconvenience \u2013 so our disabled team has worked to design and deliver a new solution that can be accessed straight from a user\u2019s mobile phone; a board that includes both audio described content about the map\u2019s respective facility and Sign Language videos for deaf users, which explain the features of an environment in a simplistic fashion. In addition, our bespoke Tactile Map Sign Language videos draw attention to specific locations, saving users time when searching a traditional map board for their desired location. This is a huge benefit people to people with learning difficulties who might otherwise struggle to understand maps.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Direct Access\u2019 Tactile Braille Maps can even be updated at the push of a button, utilizing dynamic QR code systems that allow owners to update information about their facility without facing the inconvenience of ordering a completely new map. Owners of the map simply email our team to update the layout of their bespoke map board, which we will then incorporate into the board\u2019s sign language or audio-described content within 24 hours. Combining a variety of communication formats into one interactive kit, this dynamic map board also saves users the inconvenience of locating a map in a public space, by allowing people to scan it just once, and take the audio descriptions\/sign language videos of a given built-environment wherever they go.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Of course, the map is still <span class=\"simplyweb-checked\">inclusive <\/span>of the thousands of Braille users out there. Structurally speaking, the tactile maps boast Braille touch pads across all key characters, which are designed to display information in detail, but with an aesthetically simple design that allows them to be easily understood by people of all ages.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Direct Access Tactile Braille Map can be used in a variety of environments, including schools, fairgrounds, shopping centers, railway stations, museums, entertainment and conference venues, and countless others.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition to increasing spatial awareness, the wide array of opportunities for application, and means of allowing disabled people to be involved in a wide variety of activities that excites us most about tactile formats, and accessible technologies in general. As a consultancy with a team comprised largely of disabled people, we cannot wait to introduce our Tactile Braille Map to the world and generate further inclusion and access for everyone.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\"><span class=\"simplyweb-checked\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Want to see how it works? 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