Touch Graphics, Inc. working with Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute have developed the "next big thing" in audio-tactile graphics. This new technology combines our very high quality tactile and visual materials with a portable "smart pen" device; users explore the tactile image with their hands, then use the pen as a "description probe" to hear relevant audio information about any part of the image they touch with the pen's tip.

The Talking Tactile Pen and many applications are now available in our Online Store. <Click here to visit these products in our store>

In addition, here are some of our projects using the Talking Tactile Pen:

On July 21, participants in NFB's 2011Youth Slam in a lab at Townson University. The students first reviewed shark anatomy using Touch Graphics' Talking Tactile Pen, and a page of audio-tactile illustrations showing the shark in side view, cross sections and details. Students touched the tip the pen to hear information about each organ, fin or other feature, and then explored the real animal in small groups.