[optacon-l] Tactile vs. tactual (was: An article about the Optacon)
- From: Marie-Aline Oliver <maoliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:38:45 -0400
Hi everyone! I'm a bit of a word nerd. I found a couple of web
accessibility articles that make a difference between "tactile" and
"tactual". Some would even say that "tactual" is a synonym for "haptic".
• tactile is defined as "capable of, allows for being touched"
• tactual is defined as "arising from or due to touch"
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/wiki/CSS/tactile_braille_and_haptic
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Jan/0285.html
MAO
On 31-Mar-15, at 7:44 am, Judy Jones wrote:
> Wow, you knowwhat, I checked, and it looks as though you can use the
> words
> interchangeably. Not sure about that, but I learned something new.
> Thank
> you.
>
> Judy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Moore
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 1:04 AM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: An article about the optacon
>
> Please feel free to change it to the correct word. I am better at
> mathematics than I am at spelling lol!
>
> On 3/31/15, David Moore <jesusloves1966@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I am sorry! You are correct.
>>
>> On 3/30/15, Judy Jones <jtj1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I thought so, too, but the word "tactual" is in the dictionary, so
>>> must
>>> take a closer look.
>>> Optacon is short for optical tactile converter, so stuck with
>>> tactile in
>>> my posts, but wanted to be correct.
>>>
>>> Judy
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