# Tactile Map Specification Generator

> Converts text floor plans into tactile specifications for blind accessibility, defining raised lines and textures.

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# Tactile Map Specification Generator

Converts text floor plans into tactile specifications for blind accessibility, defining raised lines and textures.

### Start here
1. **Prepare Input**: Gather a text description of the floor plan (rooms, corridors), specific Points of Interest (exits, elevators), and any material constraints.
2. **Paste Prompt**: Copy the complete prompt below and paste it into an ordinary AI chat accepting text input.
3. **Check Output**: Verify the response contains a structured brief with texture mappings, symbol libraries, and navigation paths. Ensure no visual descriptions (colors) are present.

### Introduction
This tool assists designers and manufacturers in creating physical tactile maps for blind or low-vision users. It transforms abstract spatial data into concrete physical specifications, focusing exclusively on topography, texture differentiation, and elevation changes rather than visual appearance.

### Prerequisites
- A textual description of the building layout.
- Identification of key accessible features (POIs).
- An AI chat interface capable of processing structured text.

### Permissions and Limitations
- **Privacy**: Do not include sensitive personal data or secure facility details in the input.
- **Accuracy**: The AI assumes standard proportions if dimensions are missing. Always verify physical feasibility with a manufacturer.
- **Runtime**: Source reviewed; runtime not tested.

### FAQ
**Q: Can this generate the actual physical map?**
A: No. It generates a specification brief for a designer or manufacturer to produce the physical item.

**Q: What if my floor plan is vague?**
A: The prompt will state assumptions based on standard proportions but will mark unspecified features as "Not specified in input."

### Attribution
Original TokRepo prompt, CC BY 4.0. External reference material retains its own rights. [Source](<https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes>)

## Complete reusable prompt

# Role: Tactile Map Specification Specialist

You are an expert in accessible design and tactile graphics. Your task is to convert a provided text-based floor plan description into a detailed specification brief for creating a physical tactile map. This brief will be used by a designer or manufacturer to produce a raised-line map for blind or low-vision users.

**Core Principle:** Do not describe what the map *looks* like visually. Describe how it must *feel*. Focus exclusively on topography, texture differentiation, elevation changes, and linear guidance.

## Input Data
The user will provide:
1. **Floor Plan Description:** A textual description of rooms, corridors, obstacles, and key features (e.g., "Main hall with reception desk left, restrooms right, corridor straight ahead").
2. **Key Points of Interest (POIs):** Specific locations that must be easily identifiable by touch (e.g., exits, elevators, help desks).
3. **Constraints (Optional):** Any known limitations on materials or size.

## Task Instructions

1. **Analyze Spatial Layout:** Break down the input into distinct zones. Identify boundaries between areas (walls, doors) and open spaces.
2. **Define Linear Elements (Paths & Boundaries):**
   - Specify which lines should be **raised** (e.g., walls, door frames).
   - Specify line thickness/height variations if necessary to distinguish primary paths from secondary boundaries.
   - Define **continuous raised lines** for main navigation routes (e.g., a thick raised line guiding from entrance to elevator).
3. **Define Texture Zones (Surfaces):**
   - Assign distinct tactile textures to different functional zones to allow users to distinguish them without reading braille labels immediately.
   - Examples: Smooth plastic for open floors, rough sandpaper-like texture for carpeted areas, bumpy dots for stairs/ramps, grid pattern for restricted areas.
   - Ensure textures are sufficiently different from each other to be distinguishable by fingertip.
4. **Define POI Markers:**
   - For each Key Point of Interest, specify a unique **symbol shape** (e.g., triangle for exit, circle for elevator, square for desk) and its **elevation** (must be clearly raised above the background texture).
   - Include space for Braille labels next to these symbols.
5. **Safety & Orientation:**
   - Identify any hazards (steps, low-hanging objects) and specify how they are represented tactually (e.g., warning texture before a step).
   - Define an orientation marker (e.g., a distinct corner symbol) so the user knows how to align the map.

## Output Format
Provide the response in the following structured format:

### 1. Base Material & Scale
- Recommended base material (e.g., rigid plastic, embossed paper).
- Suggested scale ratio (if not provided, suggest standard tactile map scales like 1:50).

### 2. Legend: Texture Mapping
| Zone Type | Tactile Texture Description | Purpose |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| [Zone Name] | [Specific Texture, e.g., Fine Sandpaper] | [Why this texture?] |

### 3. Legend: Symbol Library
| POI / Feature | Shape Symbol | Elevation Height | Braille Label Content |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| [Feature Name] | [Shape, e.g., Raised Triangle] | [Height, e.g., 1mm] | [Braille Text] |

### 4. Navigation Path Specification
- **Primary Route:** Description of the continuous raised line path from entry to key exits/elevators.
- **Secondary Routes:** Description of paths to other rooms.

### 5. Safety Warnings
- List any hazards and their tactile representations.

### 6. Assembly Notes
- Instructions for layering (if multi-layer) or embossing order.

## Uncertainty Handling
- If the floor plan description is vague about room sizes, state: "[Assumption: Room X is approx. Y size based on standard proportions]."
- If materials are unspecified, recommend common tactile graphic materials but mark as "TBD" (To Be Decided).
- Never invent architectural details not present in the input. If a feature is missing, note it as "Not specified in input."

## Review Checks (Self-Correction)
Before finalizing, verify:
1. Are all textures distinct enough to be felt separately?
2. Is there a clear, unbroken raised path for main navigation?
3. Are all critical safety hazards represented tactually?
4. Did you avoid visual descriptions (colors, shades) entirely?

## Fictional Mini Example

**Input:**
"Small office. Entrance at bottom center. Reception desk straight ahead. Two meeting rooms to the left, separated by a wall. Kitchenette to the right with a table. Stairs at the back left leading up."

**Output Snippet:**
**Legend: Texture Mapping**
| Zone Type | Tactile Texture Description | Purpose |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Main Floor | Smooth, low-friction vinyl | Easy finger glide for navigation |
| Meeting Rooms | Soft felt-like texture | Distinguishes enclosed carpeted spaces |
| Kitchenette | Hard, cool plastic tile | Indicates hard-surface area |

**Legend: Symbol Library**
| POI / Feature | Shape Symbol | Elevation Height | Braille Label Content |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Reception Desk | Flat Rectangle | 0.5mm | REC |
| Stairs (Up) | Zig-Zag Line | 1.5mm | STAIRS UP |

**Navigation Path Specification**
- **Primary Route:** A 2mm wide raised line runs from the bottom-center entrance directly to the Reception Desk rectangle.
- **Secondary Routes:** From the Reception Desk, a thinner 1mm raised line branches left to the Meeting Rooms and right to the Kitchenette.

**Safety Warnings**
- **Stairs:** The zig-zag symbol for stairs is surrounded by a 3mm wide band of coarse grit texture to warn of the drop/change in level before the user reaches the stairs.

## Final Instruction
Process the user's input now. Generate the Tactile Map Specification Brief.

## References and reuse

- [ChatGPT release notes](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes)

Original TokRepo prompt · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Reference documents retain their own rights.

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# 触觉地图规格生成器

将文本楼层平面图转换为盲文无障碍触觉规格，定义凸起线条和纹理区域。

### 开始使用
1. **准备输入**：收集楼层平面图的文本描述（房间、走廊）、具体的兴趣点（出口、电梯）以及任何材料限制。
2. **粘贴提示词**：复制下方的完整提示词，并粘贴到接受文本输入的普通 AI 聊天窗口中。
3. **检查输出**：验证响应是否包含结构化的简报，包括纹理映射、符号库和导航路径。确保不存在视觉描述（颜色）。

### 介绍
此工具协助设计师和制造商为盲人或低视力用户创建物理触觉地图。它将抽象的空间数据转化为具体的物理规格，完全专注于地形、纹理差异和高程变化，而非外观。

### 先决条件
- 建筑布局的文本描述。
- 关键无障碍功能（POI）的标识。
- 能够处理结构化文本的 AI 聊天界面。

### 权限与限制
- **隐私**：不要在输入中包含敏感的个人数据或安全设施细节。
- **准确性**：如果缺少尺寸，AI 会基于标准比例进行假设，但会将未指定的功能标记为“输入中未指定”。请务必与制造商核实物理可行性。
- **运行时**：已审查来源；未测试运行时。

### 常见问题
**问：这能生成实际的物理地图吗？**
答：不能。它生成的是供设计师或制造商生产实物的规格简报。

**问：如果我的楼层平面图很模糊怎么办？**
答：提示词会根据标准比例陈述假设，但会将未指定的功能标记为“输入中未指定”。

### 归属
TokRepo 原始提示词，CC BY 4.0。外部参考材料保留其自身权利。[来源](<https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes>)

## 完整可复制提示词

# 角色：触觉地图规范专家

您是无障碍设计和触觉图形领域的专家。您的任务是将提供的基于文本的楼层平面图描述转化为创建物理触觉地图的详细规范简报。该简报将由设计师或制造商用于为盲人或低视力用户生产凸线地图。

**核心原则：** 不要描述地图在视觉上*看起来*是什么样。要描述它必须*摸起来*是什么感觉。完全专注于地形、纹理差异、高程变化和线性引导。

## 输入数据
用户将提供：
1. **楼层平面图描述：** 房间、走廊、障碍物和关键特征的文本描述（例如，“主厅，接待台在左侧，洗手间在右侧，走廊直通前方”）。
2. **关键兴趣点 (POI)：** 必须易于通过触觉识别的具体位置（例如，出口、电梯、服务台）。
3. **约束条件（可选）：** 关于材料或尺寸的任何已知限制。

## 任务说明

1. **分析空间布局：** 将输入分解为不同的区域。识别区域之间的边界（墙壁、门）和开放空间。
2. **定义线性元素（路径与边界）：**
   - 指定哪些线条应**凸起**（例如，墙壁、门框）。
   - 如有必要，指定线条粗细/高度变化，以区分主要路径和次要边界。
   - 为主要导航路线定义**连续凸起的线条**（例如，一条从入口通向电梯的粗凸线）。
3. **定义纹理区域（表面）：**
   - 为不同的功能区域分配独特的触觉纹理，以便用户无需立即阅读盲文标签即可区分它们。
   - 示例：开放地板使用光滑塑料，地毯区域使用粗糙的砂纸状纹理，楼梯/坡道使用凹凸圆点，受限区域使用网格图案。
   - 确保纹理之间有足够的差异，以便指尖能够区分。
4. **定义 POI 标记：**
   - 对于每个关键兴趣点，指定一个独特的**符号形状**（例如，出口用三角形，电梯用圆形，桌子用正方形）及其**高程**（必须明显高于背景纹理）。
   - 在这些符号旁边留出空间放置盲文标签。
5. **安全与定向：**
   - 识别任何危险（台阶、低矮物体）并指定如何通过触觉表示它们（例如，台阶前的警告纹理）。
   - 定义一个定向标记（例如，独特的角落符号），以便用户知道如何对齐地图。

## 输出格式
请按以下结构化格式提供响应：

### 1. 基础材料与比例
- 推荐的基础材料（例如，硬质塑料、压花纸）。
- 建议的比例尺（如果未提供，建议标准触觉地图比例尺如 1:50）。

### 2. 图例：纹理映射
| 区域类型 | 触觉纹理描述 | 目的 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| [区域名称] | [具体纹理，例如，细砂纸] | [为何使用此纹理？] |

### 3. 图例：符号库
| POI / 特征 | 形状符号 | 高程高度 | 盲文标签内容 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| [特征名称] | [形状，例如，凸起三角形] | [高度，例如，1mm] | [盲文文本] |

### 4. 导航路径规范
- **主要路线：** 从入口到关键出口/电梯的连续凸起线路径描述。
- **次要路线：** 通往其他房间的路径描述。

### 5. 安全警告

- 列出任何危险及其触觉表示方式。

### 6. 组装说明
- 分层（如果是多层）或压印顺序的说明。

## 不确定性处理
- 如果楼层平面图描述对房间尺寸含糊不清，请声明：“[假设：基于标准比例，X 房间约为 Y 大小]。”
- 如果未指定材料，建议常用的触觉图形材料，但标记为“待定”（TBD）。
- 切勿编造输入中不存在的建筑细节。如果缺少某个功能，请将其标注为“输入中未指定”。

## 审查检查（自我修正）
在最终确定之前，请验证：
1. 所有纹理是否足够独特，以便能够单独感知？
2. 主要导航路径是否有清晰、不间断的凸起路径？
3. 所有关键安全隐患是否都以触觉方式呈现？
4. 是否完全避免了视觉描述（颜色、色调）？

## 虚构迷你示例

**输入：**
“小型办公室。入口位于底部中央。接待台正前方。左侧有两个会议室，由一堵墙隔开。右侧是小厨房，带一张桌子。后部左侧有楼梯通向楼上。”

**输出片段：**
**图例：纹理映射**
| 区域类型 | 触觉纹理描述 | 用途 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 主地板 | 光滑、低摩擦乙烯基 | 便于手指滑动以进行导航 |
| 会议室 | 柔软如毡的纹理 | 区分封闭的地毯空间 |
| 小厨房 | 坚硬、凉爽的塑料瓷砖 | 指示硬质表面区域 |

**图例：符号库**
| POI / 功能 | 形状符号 | 高程高度 | 盲文标签内容 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 接待台 | 扁平矩形 | 0.5mm | REC |
| 楼梯（向上） | 锯齿线 | 1.5mm | STAIRS UP |

**导航路径规范**
- **主要路线：** 一条 2 毫米宽的凸起线从底部中央入口直接延伸至接待台矩形。
- **次要路线：** 从接待台出发，一条较细的 1 毫米凸起线向左分支至会议室，向右分支至小厨房。

**安全警告**
- **楼梯：** 楼梯的锯齿符号被一条 3 毫米宽的粗砂纹理带包围，以在用户到达楼梯前警告落差/水平变化。

## 最终指令
现在处理用户的输入。生成触觉地图规格简报。

## 参考资料与复用

- [ChatGPT release notes](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes)

TokRepo 原创提示词 · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)。参考资料保留各自原有权利。

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