The redraft (please note this is my just my interpretation and may not represent best practice)
The redraft (please note this is my just my interpretation and may not represent best practice)
TITLE: LIVING ROOM (the title would be brailled in the final version)Changes and reasoning
Windows and curtains / Simplify curtain pole and rings.
Keep window frame, as this is something a blind person would encounter in real life.
Remove car: not relevant to main idea of a living room; visual principle of transparency, and partial image/occlusion.
Cat and wool ball / Remove: not essential to main concept ie: Living room
Man / Remove: not essential to main concept ie. Living room.
Sofa / Simplify by removing 3D perspective ie. draw side view
Side table / Simplify by removing 3D perspective (edging and smaller rear legs) and confusing integration with skirting board. Keep top surface, as more identifiable than an edge. Standardise the length of the table legs.
Skirting board / Had difficulty deciding what to do with this, as it defines the change from floor to wall. However, it I included from a 3D perspective, and even if carefully included so that it didn’t run in to any of the other objects, it could be quite confusing hovering as it does in the in the middle of the picture. In the end I decided that, through practical experience, a blind person understands the difference between the floor and the wall, and that I would use my navigation description to establish which picture objects could be found on the wall and which were positioned on the floor.
Introduce new object:
TV and stand / In considering the purpose of the picture (perhaps to define the living room from other rooms in a house, through it’s furniture and use) I decided to include another commonly found living room object ie. a television and stand. There is a slight gap left between the TV and the cabinet stand, so that tactually they are more separately defined.
All floor situated objects / All objects are aligned along the ‘floor’ and were positioned according to a familiar order in a living room. Appropriate height relationships maintained.
Wall objects / The window no longer ‘runs’ into the sofa.
Textures / As the revised drawing was done by hand I had to imagine the differences in feeling between the different textures, however this would obviously have to be tested in the actual raised drawing.
The redraft (please note this is my just my interpretation and may not represent best practice)
Navigation description
Step one: The first sentence
This is an example of a feature and furniture that can be commonly found in a living room.
Step two: Overview
When the picture is the right way up, the locator dot and the picture title can be found on the top left hand corner, The picture shows one of the four living walls and the floor of the room. There will be one feature to explore on the wall, plus 4 other objects that are positioned on the floor of the room.
Step 3: Detailed navigation
The window is positioned in the middle of the wall. It is a rectangular shape, and is edged on all four sides by a window frame. There are curtains to the right and left hand side of the window. These are hung from a curtain pole located above the top of the window.
The next four objects are located on the floor of the living room.
Below the window and to the far left hand side of the picture is the TV. The TV is seen from the front and is positioned on top of a low cabinet. The TV is a rectangular shape. In the centre of its bottom edge is it’s stand which holds the TV upright. The TV is positioned on top of a low cabinet. The cabinet is also a rectangular shape. The cabinet front is split in half by two doors, with a round door handle for each side.
Moving to the right of the TV and cabinet, a small, low side table can be found. The table top is rectangular. Beneath the table are it’s 4 narrow legs.
The redraft (please note this is my just my interpretation and may not represent best practice)
The sofa is found by moving to the right from the table. The sofa is shown from a side view, with the seating area facing towards the TV. The tallest part of the sofa is the sofa back.
Step four: Summary and additional information
There are a number of different rooms in a house. This picture is of a living room and the objects often found there. Along with the kitchen it is the room which is most used by all the people living in the house. It is most often used for the purpose of relaxing and watching or listening to the TV. The living room is usually found on the ground floor of the house.