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Mind mapping without seeing? as a plain text outline[edit]

This is an outline version of the mind map shown here



Activities to support
> Making maps > > …for handing in > > …for better understanding > Consuming maps > > …maps of others > > …own maps for revision <
Digital
> sound > > iThoughtsHD for iPad > > > with VoiceOver > > > @assistivetek > > Inspiration software > > > built in talking/listening interface. > > > > @VisualLeap > > Mind maps can be represented as outlines. > > > Org-mode can make outlines > > > > standard download > > > > for OS X > > > Org-mode files > > > > are easy to navigate > > > > are probably well- supported by Emacspeak. > > > > > verification needed > > > > > Emacs For MS Windows info > > > > > > Windows > > > > > > OS X > > > > > > Linux > > > > Can be exported to > > > > > Freemind > > > > > > can export > > > > > > > structured HTML > > > > > > > OPML > > > > > > > text files > > > > > > information > > > > > > download > > > > > Freeplane > > > > > > more capabilities > > > > > > download > > > @sachac > > Inspiration > > > talking/listening interface > > > > @VisualLeap > > > requested details > > CMap Tools > > > prepare propositions as text > > > > spreadsheet > > > > dictation software > > > import text > > > > Makes concept map > > > > may need > > > > > manual support > > > > > > additional editing > > > > > > optimizing layout > > > Brian Moon > > > > verified > > > > > “I just tried it with MacSpeech Dictate and MS Excel” > > generally: > > > branches have > > > > differently pitched voices > > > > > becomes the ‘locator’ or ‘identifier’ > > > > node points > > > > > unique identifier sound effect > > > > > different musical instrument > > > > > “soundscapes” > > > > > > as in Myst games > > > > > > @roygrubb > > > > multiple branches > > > > > pitch of the note > > > > > > Low near the trunk > > > > > > High on the outskirts > > > > > musical loop > > > > > > identify branch > > > > Roy Blumenthal > > verbal descriptive framework > > > @fredlakin > > JAWS and ZoomText/Reader > > > the student has JAWS > > > but not ZoomText/Reader > > > Brian Friedlander (aka @assistivetek) > touch + sound > > Livescribe pen > > > plus raised line drawing kit > > > > > > @roygrubb > > “plan.b” > > > translates digital maps (geographical ones) > > > > applicable to mind maps? > > > > tactile maps > > > > sound components > > > > prototype only > > > ORIKO > > > @vicgee > > “Virtual Maps For The Blind” > > > haptic (touch-active) feedback > > > > on a joystick > > > > > for virtual worlds > > > applicable to mind maps? > > > @roygrubb > > > > written to author > > > > > Dr. Lahav > touch > > 3D printers > > > @roygrubb > > “Full Screen” displays > > > Electroactive polymer > > > Choosing > > > NC State > > > > > > > @fredlakin > > touch screen > > > + smart glove The ‘pins’ can rise and fall in the fingertips as the glove is passed over the screen, allowing a blind person to interpret a visual image through touch. This would open up the world of mindmapping to blind people whilst allowing sighted individuals to work alongside on the same maps. > > > > pin like matrix in the fingertips > > > > Would need a text-to-braille interface > > > Neil Auty
Analogue
> touch > > successful > > > Special pen > > > > raises paper surface > > > > writes Braille > > > > so can both > > > > > draw the line > > > > > write on it > > > > shading and shadow missed > > > trainer > > > > prepared > > > > > drew the images pressing hard > > > > > felt by touch > > > > @jamienast > > Wikki Stix > > > > > > Brandy Agerbeck > > raised maps > > > developed for City of Geneva > > > Idriss Ait-Bouziad > > Sticky plastic for mosaics > > > place objects > > > > differentiate > > > > > texture > > > > > shape > > > type words on Braille typewriter > > > > cut them out > > > > stick them as needed > > > equivalent of a visual mindmap > > > > explore by touch > > > Roberta Faulhaber > > thick paper > > > stylus > > > > gouge out > > > > > lines > > > > > forms > > > > > textures > > > words > > > > braille writer > > > > > glue > > > > write with the stylus > > > Roberta Faulhaber > > stiff paper/thin card > > > branches > > > > string > > > > glue gun > > > > thick plastic glue > > > > varied in > > > > > width > > > > > texture > > > > > helped order to be recalled > > > Student > > > > sight was failing > > > > sat exams > > > > > question read to them > > > > > scribe wrote answers given > > > > achieved high grades > > > Tim Fulford > > focus on feeling, smelling > > > Lego > > > wood > > > plastic of different > > > > densities > > > > weights > > > > textures > > > add sounds > > > connectors > > > > strings of plastic > > > > cotton > > > > coir > > > > wool > > > > copper > > > Raju Mandhyan
Issues
> Attachments > > Images > > files > > web links > Concept maps > > more complex structure
Personal help offered
> Leo Roman > @Jennison /pre>
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