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Tactile diagrams are relatively easy to produce yet there are no standard guidelines to assist during the design process. Attempting to include as much information as possible can lead to diagrams that are simply too confusing to be of use. Research into a previous project on non-visual access to music notation (Weasel) has shown that an interactive multimodal approach to presentation could be of benefit in these circumstances. A set of design principles to assist with this process is discussed.
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Challis, B. (2002). Designing Interactive Tactile Diagrams. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_106
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