BlindPaint

A drawing program for blind people with the aid of a touchscreen

Features

The lines are hearable for the blind person - a special sound is played when the finger moves over the line

Short Manual

The program BlindPaint starts in the painting mode, so the blind person can start to draw. When the person wants to "hear" the picture, you have to switch to the viewing mode. This can be done by pressing the key V. Then the finger can be moved over the touchscreen and a special sound is played when the finger is moved over a colored part, so the blind person can follow the drawn picture. To return to the painting mode, press the key P.

Drawing on the touchscreen with the aid of a raster
More information here

Drawing a line with the aid of a ruler

Painting on the touchscreen with a finger

List of Shortcuts

P: Switch to the painting mode
V: Switch to the viewing mode
O: Open bitmap file
S: Save file as bitmap
C: Switch to the color mode, press the escape key to exit
- B: Black
- W: White
- G: Green
- M: Marine Blue
- R: Red
D: Delete all, press Y to confirm or N to cancel
E: Eraser, press the escape key to return to the painting mode
Right arrow key: Make the pen thicker
Left arrow key: Make the pen thinner
ALT F4: Exit the program

Hint: If you rename the file sound2.wav to sound1.wav, you get a bass tone which makes the PC speakers vibrating. Then, also deaf-and-blind people can recognize the painted lines via feeling the PC speaker.

Download

The author is not liable for consequential, incidential or indirect damages of any kind which arise out of the use of the software.

The program can be downloaded free of charge by clicking on here (27053 bytes).

System requirements

PC running Microsoft Windows 8/10 (32 or 64-bit)
Touchscreen
.NET Framework 2.0 or higher

MS-Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

Installation

Unpack the ZIP compressed files to an empty folder and execute the file BlindPaint.exe.

The wave file sound1.wav can be replaced by own sounds. The file sound1.wav is played when the finger moves on a color.