2009 Milan, Italy

Theme: Using technology to give the past a future: the journey from Braille to XML

• "Feelix"
  the start of a journey to literacy: a unique Braille library makes
  picture books accessible for the first time to infants and young
  children who are blind or vision impaired
  JULIA RAE and LOUISE CURTIN (Vision Australia, Melbourne, Australia)
• Braille without borders: how Braille is used in creation of literature in indigenous languages using today's technologies
  DIPENDRA MANOCHA, GEORGE KERSCHER and HIROSHI KAWAMURA (DAISY Consortium, New Delhi – India, Missoula – USA, Tokyo – Japan)
• Using new technology to improve
  existing services a the Norwegian National Library: collaboration
  between the Norwegian Library for Talking Books and Braille (NLB) and
  the Norwegian National Library (NB)
  ARNE KURKJEBØ (Norwegian Library for Talking Books and Braille, Oslo, Norway)
• Breaking new ground: a virtual global library service to widen access for people with print disabilities
  Translations: [Français]
  JULIE RAE (Vision Australia, Melbourne, Australia)

Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

Last update: 5 October 2012