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3-5 December 2008
Birmingham, UK


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List of Presentations

The following tables show the list of presentation titles, accepted by the Content Group. Follow the link on the presentation title to read the presentation abstract.

Presentation Title

Main Presenter

 

Country

Reference

Pop-ups for mathematic education

Akiyoshi Takamura

University Tsukuba

Japan

P12-B

Development of tactile map editing software with embedded symbolization

Amy Lobben

University of Oregon

USA

P2-C

Relief techniques in the DZB and the newest project "world atlas" in two languages

Anke Nordmann

Deutsch Zentralbücherei für Bline zu Leipzig (The German Central Library for the Blind)

Germany

P6-B

Exploratory procedures in a tactile object matching task

Ans Withagen

Royal Visio, National Foundation for Education of the Visually Impaired and Blind

The Netherlands

P5-C

Tactual Profile, An Observation Instrument for Charting Tactual Functioning

Ans Withagen

Royal Visio, National Foundation for Education of the Visually Impaired and Blind

The Netherlands

P8-C

Design of three tactile images representing Japanese woodcuts, a case study

Bernat Franquesa

Tactile Graphics Europe

Spain

P5-B

The use of tactile audio-graphics in foreign language teaching

Boguslaw Marek

John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland

P11-A

Tactile graphics for mobility and independence: Exercises for young learners

Boguslaw Marek

John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland

P6-C

A Graphics Editor for Blind People

Christiane Taras

University of Stuttgart

Germany

P8-A

Audio-Tactile Graphics: impacts of hand movements on graphic design

Christopher Power

University of York

UK

P7-B

Update on Automatic Tactile Graphics

Dan Comden

University of Washington

USA

P4-B

Harry Potter and the magic of accessible images

Dave Gunn

RNIB

UK

P3-B

Educating Young Children with Tactiles

Debbie Sitar

Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI)

Canada

P7-A

‘Cognitive complexity’ versus ‘perceptual complexity’ in tactile graphics

Frances Aldrich

University of Sussex

UK

P4-C

Exploring tactile graphics - which strategies work?

Heather Cryer

RNIB

UK

P8-B

Awareness of tactile graphics amongst students and educational professionals

Helen Petrie

University of York

UK

P4-A

Pre-maps: a primary of tactile maps

Helinä Hirn

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Finland

P12-A

Workshops for adult blind people to read tactile diagrams

Hoëlle Corvest Morel

Musée des Sciences et de l'Industrie

France and The Netherlands

P5-A

Tactileview – fast access to tactile diagrams

Jaap Breider

Tactileview

The Netherlands

P11-B

The First Book: Shapeless Images for Swedish Pre-Braille Readers

Jenny Nilsson

The Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille, TPB

Sweden

P6-A

Influence of aging on perceptibility of tactile maps

Kouki Doi

Waseda University and Tokyo Metropolitan

Japan

P9-A

From traditional tools to computer devices : a tactile perception study to adapt teaching aids.

Loïc Deschamps

University of Technology of Compiègne

France

P10-A

Dissecting Complex Graphics: Strategies for Planning and Editing

Lucia Hasty

Braille Authority of North America

USA

P9-C

Good, Better, Best: how to organise a tactile book competition - and how to win one!

Marion Ripley

ClearVision

UK

P10-B

Tactile Map Training: Behaviour and Neurological Outcomes

Megan Lawrence

University of Oregon

USA

P3-C

Drawing Without Sight

Peter Lumley

Markeaton Primary School, Derby

UK

P2-A

An automated procedure for production of tactile maps with 3D printing technology

Roman Rener

Geodetic Institute of Slovenia

Slovenia

P10-C

Accessible London Underground station plans

Sarah Morley Wilkins

RNIB

UK

P7-C

Perception and discriminability of the human forefinger with dot and stripe pattern textures in tactile guide maps

Tsutoma Wada

Universal Design Laboratory, Japan Braille Library

Japan

P3-A

Tactile graphics for teaching biology

Yoshiko Toriyama

University of Tsukuba

Japan

P2-B

Development three-dimensional geometrical models for tactile teaching materials

Yoshinori Teshima

Digital Manufacturing Research Centre, AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

Japan

P11-C

GraSSML: a new approach for Accessible Web Graphics for All

Zained Fredj

Oxford Brookes University

UK

P9-B

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