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Booth: Digital Audio- and Voice-Based Tools for Inclusion in Education and Everyday Life

Authors:
Zeki Öztürk
David Smida

Keywords: Inclusion in Education; Inclusion in Everyday Life; Overhead Camera System; Assistive Technologies; blind and visually impaired students.

Abstract:
Visually impaired persons encounter considerable hurdles in reading text and operating computer programmes. Whereas able-sighted people rely on screen output and mouse or touchpad navigation, blind and heavily ill sighted users can not. Particularly those who lose eyesight later in life, in many countries constituting the majority of visually impaired people, find it impossible to learn Braille. These persons therefore have to resort to low-threshold, high performance digital aides. The Centre for Blind and Disabled Students at Technical University Mittelhessen, BliZ, have almost 25 years of experience in advising blind students and staff and interested organizations in using or providing such aids. This counseling is manufacturer-independent and based on best-of-breed experience of BliZ staff. In a booth at IARIA conference, camera systems, visual screen readers, smartphones with a variety of additional software and voice output, among others, will be on display for demonstration, the participants‘ personal experience, and subject-oriented discussion.

Pages: 6 to 7

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: April 24, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8378

ISBN: 978-1-68558-084-1

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2023 to April 28, 2023