IT News<p>Tactility; The ESP32 Gets Another OS - Doing the rounds this week is a new operating system for ESP32 microcontrollers, i... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/11/tactility-the-esp32-gets-another-os/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/11/tactil</span><span class="invisible">ity-the-esp32-gets-another-os/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcontrollers</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarehacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esp32</span></a></p>
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Likely Jan Lukas<p>Thanks for reading about my first foray into making <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactile</span></a> labels for better product/device/appliance accessibility! ❤️</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UIX</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/productDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productDesign</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UIdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UIdesign</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/readability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readability</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/visibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visibility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/usability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usability</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a></p><p>33/33</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>Regardless of some challenges putting this all together, I am generally pleased with the results. </p><p>(And I learned a few things that--if I were ever to redo these--might give them the professional final appearance I was hoping for.)</p><p>Ironically, just the very fact that the tactile Braille characters on the labels cast shadows makes them *visually* readable now, too! 😀❤️</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/labels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labels</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/labelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labelling</span></a></p><p>32/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>To keep track of all the labels whilst still in-progress I taped them to a sheet of paper alongside their label names.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/labels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labels</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a></p><p>29/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>Remember, the point here (there is a point to all this, yes!) is to improve my accessibility with a washer and dryer interface, not throw me into an endless loop of quirkly language-oriented obsessions! </p><p>😂</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/washer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washer</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/dryer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dryer</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/laundry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laundry</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/readability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readability</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UIX</span></a></p><p>26/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>I then did some sketching, using my Braille slate as a tracing template to ensure I wasn't trying to convince myself I had more room than was actually available, lol! </p><p>Each button on the strip of selector buttons was individually 1.25" wide, and 3/4" high, meaning I would have enough room for up to five characters per line, two lines maximim per button.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/measureOnce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measureOnce</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/monospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monospace</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/typeface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typeface</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/labels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labels</span></a></p><p>16/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>So I wanted to make tactile labels, and with equipment on hand, I could only do that in Braille.</p><p>And the Braille will be whatever size my slate can produce, monospaced.</p><p>So, time to do some measuring! </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/measureOnce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measureOnce</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a><br>15/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>The story doesn't end here, of course.</p><p>Because unlike <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/typesetters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typesetters</span></a> and other <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/designers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designers</span></a> who have a plethora of typefaces and sizes to choose from--including the choice to make them thin and such low-contrast as to be unreadable--Braille comes in just two sizes, and the bigger is only really used for labels on signage.</p><p>Here's an overview of the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/specifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>specifications</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://www.brailleauthority.org/size-and-spacing-braille-characters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brailleauthority.org/size-and-</span><span class="invisible">spacing-braille-characters</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/brailling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brailling</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/readability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readability</span></a></p><p>13/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>Now, you CAN get a Dymo labeller that has a Braille wheel on it. I haven't seen them very often and they always seem very expensive, but they do exist.</p><p>And I don't use labellers generally, so I can't speak to whether using a Dymo <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> labeller is better or easier than using a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BrailleSlate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrailleSlate</span></a> to make tactile labels.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactile</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p><p>12/x</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>There is nothing to feel on these selector buttons. They don't even feel metallic, although visually, they appear to be metal.</p><p>This is in contrast to labels for things actually selected by these buttons, such as water temperatures, where there is at least a faint texture left by the printing atop the machine's surface.</p><p>The only thing that can be felt is the indentations between each button.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tactile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactile</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p><p>2/x</p>
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