Blind students are by nature tactile and auditory learners. Tactile learning is clearly an important part of their curriculum. However, teachers have limited resources to produce tactile learning tools and if they do, they may have to order them in advance, yet the classroom is dynamic and tactile examples may need to be created in real-time.

What If Teachers Could Create Tactile Documents On The Fly?

That is exactly what the Swell Form tactile graphics machine can do.  With it and our Swell Touch paper, Teachers can print or draw any tactile learning example and run it through the Swell Form Machine and within 30 seconds they will have a ready to use tactile learning tool!

Building a Tactile Learning Curriculum 

Teachers who wish to plan out a tactile learning curriculum in advance will find our Tactile Library of great benefit. Here, you can quickly find, download and print ready made drawings onto Swell Touch paper. Then run them through the Swell Form machine to have them ready for class. From Geography, to Math to Scientific concepts there are tactile drawings for you to choose from.

Tactile Learning Example: Heart Chambers

Swell Form Tactile Graphics Machine

The Swell Form Tactile Graphics Machine (Formerly Zy Fuse) is a simple, fast and low cost method of creating stunning tactile maps, diagrams, text and graphics for use in the classroom.

How It Works

Anyone can print or draw upon our special Swell Touch paper.  This paper is formulated so that when heat is applied to it all black areas will swell creating a tactile effect. The Swell Form tactile graphics machine is designed to apply this heat evenly across the Swell Touch paper to create a high quality tactile graphic in under 30 seconds.   Safe and easy to use in any classroom, tactile graphics can now be made on the fly.