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List of Papers

This is the complete list of the papers for the 2002 conference. Please visit the day schedules to see when the papers were presented:

Wednesday 19th June | Thursday 20th June | Friday 21st June

Frances Aldrich & Yvonne Hindle
University of Sussex, UK
Developing a model of tactile graphics comprehension (workshop)

Frances Aldrich & Yvonne Hindle
University of Sussex, UK
What Skills and Knowledge do tactile graphics users need?

Edward Anczurowski
Tactile Vision Inc. Canada
Tactile Vision Raised Printing Technique

Angela Barbour, Carlos A. Campos, Sidnei da Silva & Cristina Masagão
Fundação Memorial da América Latina, Brazil
Projeto Céu Aberto (Open Sky Project): Constructing Tactile Images as a transcriation of Latin American Art Crafts

Philip Eccles
Zychem Ltd
The Technology Behind Swell Paper

Yvonne Eriksson
The Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille/Department of Art History and Visual Studies, Göteborg University
Reading aloud - the road to braille and tactile literacy

Adrian Farnsworth & Peter Lumley
Markeaton Primary School, UK
Tactile Art as an Aid to Education and Orientation in School Grounds

Rebecca Fuller
RAF Models & Displays, United States
RAF Models and Displays

Ann Gardiner
Tactility, UK
You Can Do It! - Making vacuum formed maps (workshop)

Ann Gardiner
Tactility, UK
"Here is the Beech tree!" Understanding tactile maps in the field

John Gardner
ViewPlus Technologies Inc, United States
Tiger - the world's first 3-dimensional Windows embosser

Carolyn and John Gardner
ViewPlus Technologies Inc, United States
Making Tactile Graphics with the Tiger Tactile Graphics and Braille Embosser (workshop)

Helenä Hirn
Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired, Finland
Tactile Maps for Pre-School Children: The Curriculum

Gunnar Jansson
University of Uppsala, Sweden
Exploratory procedures for tactile map: Number of fingers involved

Helmut Jürgensen and C. Power
University of Western Ontario and Universität Potsdam
Towards Talking Tactile Diagrams

Sue King
Royal National Institute of the Blind, UK
More than words - the diverse world of tactile images

Fabio Levi
University of Turin / Tactile Vision, Italy
Conceiving and Producing Illustrated Books for Young Students

Fabio Levi
University of Turin / Tactile Vision, Italy
"Discover your body": practical demonstration how to use a tactile book (workshop)

Boguslaw Marek
Hungry Fingers / Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Tactile graphics for young learners: simple tasks for teaching difficult visual concepts (workshop)

Boguslaw Marek
Hungry Fingers / Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Managing space: developing a course in tactile graphics for young learners.

Don McCallum
Anglia Polytechnic University, UK
Tactile Diagrams manufactured using Digital Process

Rebecca McGinnis
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Tactile Pictures in Art and Museum Education

Susanna Millar
University of Oxford, UK
Getting and remembering spatial information from touch

Sarah Morley and Dave Gunn
National Centre for Tactile Diagrams, UK
An Overview of Tactile Graphics for Novices (workshop)

Sarah Morley, Dave Gunn and Phil Beresford
National Centre for Tactile Diagrams, UK
Developing Good Practice Guidelines

Robin Nation
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, New Zealand
Tactile Storybook Production in New Zealand

Marilyn Oldershaw
Royal National Institute of the Blind, UK
UK Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Bill

Dave Pardy
Topographic Maps to support Courses for Visually Impaired Students

Don Parkes
Tactile Audio Graphics - TGD, Australia
Tactile Audio Graphics - 1987-2002

Chris Perkins and Ann Gardiner
University of Manchester, UK
Real World Tactile Map Reading Strategies

Angus Ramsay and Helen Petrie
University College London, UK
Perceive, understand, apply interactions with tactile diagrams

Roman Rener
Geodetic Institute of Slovenia, Slovenia
Automated production of tactile maps - using digital 3D data sources

Marion Ripley and Robin Nation
ClearVision Project, UK; Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, New Zealand
Making Tactile Books for Young VI Children (workshop)

Marion Ripley
ClearVision Project, UK
Introducing the Tactus Organisation

Terry Robinson
Describe Online, UK
Bridging the Information Gap

Jonathan Rowell and Simon Ungar
Anglia Polytechnic University, UK
A taxonomy for tactile symbols - creating a usable database for tactile map designers

Jonathan Rowell and Simon Ungar
Anglia Polytechnic University, UK
The World of Touch: an integral survey of tactile maps and symbols

Margaret Sheridan
Reveal, UK
Reveal: the national database of resources in accessible formats

Eva Siekierska and Richard Labelle
Mapping Services Branch, Earth Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada
Internet Based Tactile Mapping for the Visually Impaired in Canadian Government On Line Program

Andrew Tatham
ICA Commission on Maps and Diagrams for Blind and Visually
Impaired People. Information Resources Division, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Do not reinvent the wheel: standards in cataloguing or metadata.

Lisa Yayla
Huseby Resource Centre, Norway
International database of tactile graphics

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Wednesday 19th June | Thursday 20th June | Friday 21st June

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