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Development of Electronic Aids for the Visually Impaired

Proceedings of a workshop on the Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired, held at the Institute for Research on Electromagnetic Waves of the National Research Council, Florence, Italy. Sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities as advised by the Committee on Medical and Public Health Research

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  1. P. L. Emiliani

    1. Istituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Ellettromagnetiche (I.R.O.E.), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Firenze, Italy

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Part of the book series: Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series (DOPS, volume 47)

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Table of contents (35 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Concise Report of the Workshop

    1. Concise Report

      • P. L. Emiliani
      Pages 1-7

  3. Braille Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Automatic Production of Braille

      • M. Truquet
      Pages 11-19

    7. Discussion

      • P. L. Emiliani
      Pages 49-56

    8. The Elekul Braille System

      • G. Francois
      Pages 57-61

    9. Written Communication Aids Between Sighted and Non Sighted Persons

      • J. P. Dubus, A. Mandar, M. Mortreux, F. Wattrelot
      Pages 63-72

  4. Aids for Reading and for the Interaction with Coded Information Sources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. “Ordibraille”: A Braille Text Processing System

      • J. M. Lagarde, P. Lirou
      Pages 75-82

    5. Multifont Textreading Machine for the Blind

      • J. A. Sørensen
      Pages 97-106

    6. Project for an Optical Character Recognizer for the Blind

      • A. Da Ronch, R. Spinabelli, A. Braggiotti
      Pages 107-116

    7. A Low Cost, Portable, Optical Character Reader for the Blind

      • J. Conter, S. Alet, P. Puech, A. Bruel
      Pages 117-125

    8. Communication Aids

      • P. L. Emiliani
      Pages 127-136
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About this book

This book is based on the papers presented at the Workshop on "Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired" held in Flo­ rence at the Institute for the Research on Electromagnetic Waves of the Italian Research Council on April 4-6, 1984. The Workshop, sponsored by the Committee for Medical and Public Health Research of the Commission of the European Communities, was meant to exchange ideas about the need, importance and feasibility of a European cooperation in the field of visual impairment and to identify promising research areas, where current national activities could take advantage of such a collaboration in order to increase their efficiency. In particular, it dealt with the develop­ ment and use of technical aids (mainly based on computers and signal processing techniques) and with the elaboration, evaluation and standardization of new methods and tests. The attendance was multidisciplinary, including researchers from the fields of technology, medicine and psychology and representatives from organizations involved in the rehabi­ litation of the visually impaired. Five technical sessions were organized, dealing with the following topics: automatic production of Braille and systems for paperless Braille, aids for reading and for the interaction with coded informa­ tion sources, low vision aids, transduction of visual infor­ mation into a tactile representation, mobility aids. Three different application sectors were mainly considered: education and culture, vocational training, mobility. A final session was devoted to a discussion in working groups. The results are briefly outlined in the following concise report of the Workshop.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Istituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Ellettromagnetiche (I.R.O.E.), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Firenze, Italy

    P. L. Emiliani

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Development of Electronic Aids for the Visually Impaired

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a workshop on the Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired, held at the Institute for Research on Electromagnetic Waves of the National Research Council, Florence, Italy. Sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities as advised by the Committee on Medical and Public Health Research

  • Editors: P. L. Emiliani

  • Series Title: Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4281-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: ECSC, EEC, EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8402-4Published: 21 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4281-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0303-6405

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 312

  • Topics: Ophthalmology

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