RoboBraille in Bulgaria 4th Partner Meeting, January 2014 Plodiv, Sofia, Varna, Ruse Lars Ballieu Christensen Tanja Stevns.

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RoboBraille in Bulgaria 4th Partner Meeting, January 2014 Plodiv, Sofia, Varna, Ruse Lars Ballieu Christensen Tanja Stevns

Agenda RoboBraille Project – Status Pilot testing Mp3 player trial Bulgarian Digital Library/Libraries Dissemination plan RoboBraille International RoboBraille workshops Next meeting – date, time location?

Status Service –Almost ready with everything –Issues with TTS quality –Pending Bulgarian responses on some services

Status Information material –Leaflet –Post card –Braille version? –Responses? Dissemination? –More? RoboBraille web site –Ready at –Please check and report –Local webmaster

Pilot testing When all services are ready: Formal testing with feedback of all functions amongst end-user community By means of electronic questionnaire Preferably responses from representative users Time frame and addresses? Plodiv suggestion: Now-April 1, 2014

Mp3 player trial Objectives 1.Test RoboBraille as a learning technology 2.Test amongst different disability groups and age groups 3.Test long-term usage of audio books Results –Participants (age groups, disabilities) –Use? –Results? –Papers?

Bulgarian Digital Library/Libraries Suggestions Shared library amongst special schools? Extension to existing library? Status? Other ideas? Commitments –Digital Library for People with Dyslexia

Dissemination Dissemination of information in networks, to professionals, teachers, parents, end users Conferences, newsletters, events, workshops, press-releases Participating partners –Develop and execute nation-wide dissemination plan Status? Plans?

Launch event(s) How and where to announce? Date(s)? Suggestion: Launch at International Conference for Vision Impairment at end of March (Plodiv or Sofia)

Train-the-Trainer Workshops Plan Participants Dates Plodiv: –Two events (rehab center, assoc for deafblind) –Between April Sofia: - March or June

RoboBraille International LLL Leonardo da Vinci projects: RoboBraille in Education (completed 2013) –Catalogue of good practices RoboBraille SMART ( ) –Training course RoboBraille technology New languages (e.g., Russian, Icelandic) New formats (epub3, Braille math, large print) Improved quality (OCR)

RoboBraille at Conferences AHEAD (USA) July ICCHP (France) July Accessing Higher Grounds (USA) November Co-author papers?

Next meeting At RoboBraille workshops or launch or …

Questions; comments ?!

Communication list Dropbox folder Facebook group: RoboBraille Bulgaria You can always call/mail us