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

RoboBraille in Bulgaria4th Partner Meeting, January 2014Plodiv, 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

• www.robobraille.org/web3/bg/

Status• Information material

– Leaflet– Post card– Braille version?– Responses? Dissemination?– More?

• RoboBraille web site– Ready at www.robobraille.org– Please check and report– Local webmaster

Pilot testingWhen all services are ready:•Formal testing with feedback of all functions amongst end-user community•By means of electronic questionnaire•Preferably responses from 100-200 representative users•Time frame and email addresses?

•Plodiv suggestion: Now-April 1, 2014

Mp3 player trial• Objectives

1. Test RoboBraille as a learning technology2. Test amongst different disability groups and age groups3. Test long-term usage of audio books

• Results– Participants (age groups, disabilities)– Use?– Results?– Papers?

Bulgarian Digital Library/LibrariesSuggestions•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 22-25

• Sofia:- March or June

RoboBraille InternationalLLL Leonardo da Vinci projects:•RoboBraille in Education (completed 2013)

– Catalogue of good practices•RoboBraille SMART (2013-2015)

– 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

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Communication • www.robobraille.org/bulgaria• Email list [email protected]• Dropbox folder• Facebook group: RoboBraille Bulgaria• You can always call/mail us• [email protected] +45 2324 0672 [email protected] +45 4032 6823