World Congress Braille21 Proceedings

Here you can find our proceedings of the World Congress Braille21.

Keynotes

• Dixon, Judith:
  Braille, Education and Libraries
• Hepp, Peter:
  Deafblindness and Braille

Topic 1: Education and Literacy

• Batusic, Mario:
  MathInBraille Online Converter
• Bell, George:
  Automating the Impossible
• Delgado, Reiner and Schröder, Jessica:
  Tactile Education and Conceptualisation for Preschool Blind Children as Preparation to Learning Braille – Exchange of Existing Concepts
• Fraser, Patricia:
  Braille Technology in Early Cognitive Development
• Gastón, Elena:
  Braille and 21st Century Technologies
• Grützmacher, Felix:
  Music at Your Fingertips: Stimulating Braille Reading by Association with Sound
• Hector, Marie-Renée:
  Come on! Make it a Contagious Pleasure for their Future!
• Hinojosa Yampi, John:
  Using Braille in Amerindian Languages
• Holm, Susanne; N’geno, Michael K. and Oliwa, Brenda:
  Use of Braille in Developing Countries: Experiences in Kenya
• Hovland, Line and Johansson, Ann-Britt:
  Is it Possible to Educate a Group of Persons with Deafblindness in Braille?
• Howell; Jordie:
  Braille Music on Demand – the Transcription, Teaching and the Future of Braille Music in Australia
• Hubert, Wolfgang and Schmid, Erich:
  Teaching Braille with DAISY
• Khochen, Maha:
  Reading through Touch: Importance and Challenges
• Landra, Tereza:
  Braille Literacy and Graphicacy as Twin Concepts in Creating the Multimodal Learning Environment for the Blind
• Lee, Lay Wah:
  An Online Multimedia Tutorial System to Teach Malay Braille to Sighted Individuals Supporting Children who are Blind
• Mittal, Shree Ram:
  Teaching of Braille in Existing Programmes for the Training of Teachers of the Blind in India: A Critical Evaluation
• Otero, María Inés:
  Guide of Exercises to the Braille Machine
• Ripley, Marion:
  Books for Children who Struggle with Braille
• Shankar, Vijay Sharma:
  A Study of Braille Reading Behaviours of Children with Visual Impairment
• Stäglin, Ilka:
  OnLine Bookshelf – a Tool for Independent Learning
• Theiß-Klee, Heidi:
  Braille for Sighted People
• Vik, Astrid Kristin:
  Braille Literacy in Pupils with Severe Visual Impairments in Inclusive Schools in Norway: Results and Practical Outcomes from a Research Project
• Wormsley, Diane P.:
  Selecting Key Words for I-M-ABLE (The Individualised Meaning-centred Approach to Braille Literacy Education)

Topic 2: Vocational Training, Employment, Lifelong Learning

• Alden, Pasha:
  Effects of Increasing Digitalisation and Associated Networks on the Usage of Braille in the Workplace
• Aneja, Anil Kumar:
  Meeting Fresh Challenges: Braille Application in a Globalising World
• Boysen, Uwe:
  Braille in a Civil Court in Germany
• Catacutan-Sam, Carolina:
  Improving the Blind’s Efficiency in the Workplace through Digitalisation and Braille
• Drolshagen, Birgit:
  On the Significance of Braille in the Vocational Rehabilitation of Blind Persons
• Lienert, Hansjörg:
  Braille Goes Multimedia with Smart Pages and Tag It Software
• Lienert, Hansjörg and Nevin, Rob:
  Library Braille Book Management – by Touch Alone
• Machell, Lydia:
  Building Bridges to Braille Music
• Ofori-Debra, Yaw:
  Braille – the Indispensable Companion of the Blind in Africa
• Weber, Gerhard; Bornschein, Jens; Loitsch, Claudia; Prescher, Denise; Schmid, Michael; Spindler, Martin and Voegler, Jens:
  Banning a Chimera with the Hyperbraille Display

Topic 3: Research and Development

• Christmann, Günter and van Weele, Niels:
  Optimal Braille Presentation in COBRA Screen Reader for PC
• Egli, Christian:
  Everything you Always Wanted to Know about the DAISY Pipeline 2 Braille Working Group (But Were Afraid to Ask)
• Engelen, Jan; Frees, Bert and Strobbe, Christophe:
  odt2braille Brings Braille to Your Office
• Håkansson, Joel and Westling, Björn:
  A Model for Braille Production without Boundaries
• Home, Sarah:
  Outcomes of Research with Users of Braille Displays in the UK
• Home, Sarah:
  Unified English Braille – State of the Nations
• Katemann, Andrea:
  DAISY for Braille Display and Grade 2 Braille with a Human Voice
• Leopold, Matthias:
  Leibniz – Workflow Tools to Provide Access to Non-fiction Books
• Mamojka, Branislav and Teplicky, Peter:
  Optically Actuated Tactile Displays

Topic 4: Improving Access to Information

• Aldridge, Vivian:
  Why Sighted People Know their Foreign Braille Codes Bette
• Carey, Kevin:
  Can Braille Survive?
• Diamond, Maryanne:
  The Proposed WBU Copyright Treaty: How it Would Help End the Book Famine
• Engelen, Jan and Simons, Bart:
  Towards a Common Braille Math Code for Flemish Students
• Howse, Josie; Gentle, Frances; Stobbs, Karen; Reynold, Janet; Steer, Mike and Macanawai, Setareki:
  In the South Pacific: Efficiencies and Opportunities through Braille Code Unification

Topic 5: Braille as a Part of the Universal Design

• Lorenz, Ernst-Dietrich and Schmid, Erich:
  Braille on Packages – Especially on Packages of Medicinal Products
• Strutz, Gregor:
  Design for All or Universal Design and Braille – An Inventory of Challenges
• Wijnberg, Thierry:
  Revisiting Braille: Designing with Braille

Topic 6: The Role of Braille in Enabling Independent Living

• Brites, Bruno:
  The Invisible Side of Braille – A Graphic Design Approach to Reveal More Layers of Meaning beyond the Individual Dots and Words
• Fajdetic, Andrea:
  Standardisation of Braille in the EU and other European Countries
• Fajdetic, Andrea:
  Braille and Equality – Evolution of Braille/Tacteme (Tactile Graphemes) in Croatia
• Heilbrunn, John:
  Braille in Everyday Life
• Home, Sarah:
  Assessing People’s Suitability for Learning Braille
• Maina, Christopher K. A.:
  Braille as a Means of Communication with Authority and Institutions
• McLennan, Mary Nelle:
  The Role of Braille in Developing Organisational Skills in Visually Impaired Learners: A Must for Independence
• Nenadic, Carmen and Fajdetic, Andrea:
  The Croatian Association of the Blind in Supporting Braille in Everyday Living
• Petrov, Diyan and Sokolova, Ivelina:
  Unity of Braille and High Technology
• Raaphorst, Mitzi:
  Issues and Challenges for Adults Learning Braille (Not Just Finger Sensitivity!)
• Rode, Katharina:
  Braille as an Alternative Reading and Writing Medium for Teenagers with Visual Impairment – Possibilities for Organising Lessons Considering the Research on Socialisation
• Schnackenberg, Mary:
  Raising the Profile of Braille in Your Country: Setting up a Braille Authority
• Simpson, Christine:
  Living in a Tactile World: A Salute to Braille and other Tactile Markings
• Tanaka, Tetsuji:
  The SAPIE Library: Braille Book Data Service in Japan
• Tomé, Dolores and Borges, José Antonio:
  Musibraille – New Tools for Braille Music Learning and Writing
• Weerawardhana, Ashoka Bandula:
  Development of a Sinhala Braille Contraction Code
• White, Mandy:
  Segmenting the Braille Market: Understanding Different Types of Braille User
• Yibeltal, Kassahun:
  Braille in Ethiopia: Changes and Challenges

Abstracts

• Avula, Vishnu Murty (Topic 2):
  Creating Work Place Solution, a new Approach towards Livelihood for Blinds and Low Vision
• D’Andrea, Frances Mary (Topic 2):
  Use of Braille and Assistive Technology among US Students
• Friehoff, Thomas (Topic 3):
  OpenBraille
• Krikhaar, Koen (Topic 1):
  Choose your Own Braille Book! Generating more Braille Requests in the Netherlands
• McCallum, Ronald (Topic 4):
  The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - its Role in Achieving Access to Information for All
• Morgan, David (Topic 1):
  The Braille Imperative: Braille Literacy and the Technology Continuum
• Mößner, Dieter (Topic 5):
  Fabrication of Braille on Packaging for Medicinal Products
• Osborne, Pete (Topic 4):
  Emerging Publishing Standards – Impact on the Provision and Use of Braille
• Rowe, Stacey Carren (Topic 1):
  Accessing Math through Touch
• Zerin, Nusrat (Topic 1):
  Building a Community Resource Pool on Braille: Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion Programme Initiative of Sightsavers Bangladesh