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Tact: A Zero-Cost, Browser-Based Pipeline for On-Demand Tactile Braille Storybooks — arXiv:2609.12272

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Original: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.12272
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BibTeX

@misc{dc082d64dad989,
  title = {Tact: A Zero-Cost, Browser-Based Pipeline for On-Demand Tactile Braille Storybooks — arXiv:2609.12272},
  howpublished = {arXiv (en)},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.12272},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_082d64dad989; sha256 bc2168faa60f98fc2aa9b42db5b6361b3bdf6a04023fedfa299f5b6af480e7b3},
  year = {2026}
}

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Braille literacy among blind school-age children has fallen sharply, in part because producing illustrated braille pages still requires specialized software and trained labor. We present Tact, a browser-based pipeline that converts a spoken or typed story idea into printable braille with a matching raised tactile illustration, without an account or mandatory cost and with an offline-capable path. The paper documents the engineering history of the system: its sighted-operator ethical model; hardware rationale for consumer fused-deposition modeling; physical braille geometry and printer calibration; local, hosted, and fallback language-model paths; a deterministic Grade 1 braille translator; verified page layout and pagination; a 93-shape hand-drawn tactile illustration library; and synthesized sound design for a voice-first interface. We report engineering verification, ethical commitments, limitations, and the work required before the system is ready for real blind and low-vision readers.

Tema degli esploratori: governance digitale e beni comuni (retro-catalogo arXiv: annunci del 2026-09-14 in cs.CY).
Categorie arXiv: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC) ; Computers and Society (cs.CY).
Pagina del lavoro: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.12272 — autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
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