Vision Awareness home page
Vision Awareness was created in 2004. It brings within one branding the innovative design work of John Slade. It covers his Sladecolour system to convey colour by touch, patented in 1976 and his latest innovative project, PIE - Peripheral Image Enhanced accessible signage, patent applied for in 2004.
Sladecolour "Touch & See" colour
Sladecolour is a simple three dimensional concept to convey colour by touch. Unlike Braille, the 3D concept does not need a sensitive touch. Starting with the primary colours and shapes, it enables totally blind children and adults to instantly interact with normal sighted people. Shaped coloured playing pieces and tactile graphics are available for interactive play, in a range of traditional board games. Also, shaped coloured buttons are a quick tactile method for labelling by colour, containers in the kitchen and clothing in the wardrobe.
Above left - picture of sixteen differnt colour shaped
buttons.
Above right - picture of ten different colour shaped pegs
Go to SladeColour for more information about this colourful tactile concept.
Peripheral Image Enhanced (PIE) signage
Peripheral Image Enhanced (PIE) accessible signage is the current area of R&D. This is a combined visual and tactile signage system. It simply but effectively meets the requirements of the UK Government's Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995. That is, to provide equal visual and tactile enhanced signage in a public building for everyone needing it.
PIE initially focuses on the three signs that people need to be sure about, this is the correct door to a public toilet. Below left, the male symbol within a square: Centre, the female symbol within a circle: Right, the adapted access symbol within a squircle - a combination of a square and circle, the four corners of the square protruding beyond the edge of the circle.
Go to Accessible Signage for more information about the PIE system.
