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Michael Paciello
Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation, 131 D.W. Highway #618, Nashua New Hampshire 03060, United States of America.
Tel: +1 603 598-9544
Fax:+1 603 598-2839
Email: paciello@yuri.org
Web: www.yuri.org/webable
Current & recent projects
Michael Paciello is the Executive Director of the Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation (YRIF). The Foundation is dedicated to stimulating research and development of technologies that will ensure equality of access to information for all people. Mr. Paciello has more than 15 years experience in the area of assistive technology and interface design, including the 10 years he served Program Manager for Digital Equipment Corporation's Vision Impaired Information Services (VIIS) office.
Mr. Paciello currently serves as consultant to the Electronic Industries Association's Assistive Devices Division (EIA/ADD). Mr. Paciello also serves as Disabilities Advisor to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), is co-founder of the International Committee for Accessible Document Design (ICADD), a member of the FCC Telecommunications Act Advisory Committee (TAAC) and is creator of WebABLE!, a powerful information metacenter for people with disabilities.
Last updated: 15/09/2006
Rafael Pallero Gonzáles
ONCE, Tarragona, Rambla Vella 10, Tarragona 43003, Spain.
Tel: +34 77 22 58 59
Email: rpallero@copc.es or rpgo@once.es
Current & recent projects
Age related Vision Loss Scale (AVLScale)
Co-workers: Miguel Díaz; Pere Joan Ferrando; Urbano Lorenzo; Delián
Marsal
We are adapting to Spanish the AVLScale by A. Horowitz and J.P. Reinhardt
(Lighthouse of the New York). The AVL attempts to measure the process
of psychological adjustment to visual loss. We translated the AVLS following
the guidelines of the International Committee for the tests and assessed
its reliability (alpha, 0.81) in a sample of 59 blind and visually impaired
elders. In the future we want to assess the validity of the AVLS using
the following criteria: (1) some NAS subescales (self-steem, attitudes,
locus of control and acceptance), (2) three single scale which measure
the degree of satisfaction in different domains, and (3) a Spanish version
of the G.D.S. (Brink, Yesevage, Lum, Heerseme, Adey and Rise. Spanish
adaptation by Izal and Montorio).
Project completed.
Published content will be available from www.once.es
from Summer 2006.
Spanish adaptation of A.G. Dodds' Nottingham Adjustment Scale
Co-workers: Miguel Díaz; Pere Joan Ferrando; Urbano Lorenzo; Delian
Marsal We adapted the N.A.S. to Spanish following the general guidelines
of the International Committee of Tests. The adapted version was administered
to a sample of 250 blind and visually impaired participants and provisional
reliability estimates were obtained. Next we want to assess the factorial
structure of our adaptation. Project completed.
Published content will be available from www.once.es
from Summer 2006.
Elaboration of the Tarragona Questionnaire of Anxiety for the Blind
Co-workers: Dr Pere Joan Ferrando; Dr Urbano Lorenzo
The C.T.A.C. is a psychological instrument developed in order to have
a specific test for the measurement of anxiety experienced by the blind
in the process of adjustment and specifically in matters related to O
& M and day to day skills. The questionnaire has been tested on 162
people, obtaining excellent reliability: Cronbach's alpha 0.90 (cognitive
anxiety) and 0.91 (physiological anxiety). The discriminability is (Ferguson's
delta coefficient) 0.989 (cognitive anxiety) and 0.990 (physiological
anxiety). At this moment the test is being administered by 32 psychologists
ONCE (national organisation for the blind) with the aim of obtaining the
predictive validity. As criteria, we use our adaptation of Dodds' scale
(Nottingham Adjustment Scale), Spielberger's STAI and the reports of technicians
of rehabilitation, psychologists and self appraisal.
Project completed.
Published content will be available from www.once.es
from Summer 2006.
Last updated: 01/11/2005
Professor José Manuel Pardo Muno
ETSI telecomunicacion, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain.
Tel: +34 1 543 7597
Fax: +34 1 336 7323
Email: pardo@die.upm.es
Web: die.upm.es/personal/pardo.html
Current & recent projects
Co-workers: José Colás; Dr Ricardo de Córdoba;
Dr Emilia Enríque; Dr Javier Ferreiros; Juana M Gutiérre;
Dr Manuel Leandro; Javier Macías; Juan M Montero; Andres Santos
Speech technology; text-to-speech; speech recognition; aids for the deaf;
aids for the blind; and mobility aids.
Last updated:
Dr Antonio Parreno
Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Departamento Investigacion, Madrid 28034, Spain.
Tel: +34 1 336 8466
Fax: +34 1 336 9016
Email: buzon@hrc.es
Web: www.hrc.es/
Current & recent projects
Talking Barcodes: Three Different Hand-held Devices for the Blind
Person
Co-worker: Eng Pedro J. Magallon
The Audioscanner consists of a barcode scanner whose output is connected
to a voice synthesizer by means of a microcontroller. Although the idea
is not new, it was of no use until it had been applied to a bi-dimensional
barcode of high density such as PDF. One application is that any document
or publication can incorporate its barcode version, and so, be read by
a blind person. The Finder consists of a scanner, a microcontroller and
a chip ISD with voice store and playback. It speaks the name of the object
scanned. To achieve this, any label is attached to the object, and the
user scans it. The user then, speaks the object's name, and this sound
is recorded. From then on, each time the finder scans the object, it's
name is played back. The Audiodata terminal comprising: scanner, portable
computer and voice synthesizer, would be supplied by the store to blind
customers. The computer memory stores description and price of the article
corresponding to each barcode. They are read out to the customer.
Project start date: 01/02/95
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Professor Dr Nikola Pavesic
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Trzaska 25,
Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia.
Tel: +386 1 476 83 15
Fax: +386 1 476 83 16
Email: nikolap@fe.uni-lj.si
Web: http://luks/en/staff/nikolap/index.html
Publications
Current & recent projects
HOMER - man-machine interface for blind and visually impaired people. Assistive technology - added value to the quality of life. Co-workers: France Mihelic; Simon Dobrisek; Jereja Zganec-Gros
HOMER II - man-machine interface to internet for blind and visually impaired
people.
Co-workers: Simon Dobrisek; Jereja Zganec-Gros; France
Mihelic
Evolution of the information-retrieval system for blind and visually-impaired
people.
Co-workers: Simon Dobrisek; Jereja Zganec-Gros; Bostjan Vesnicer; France
Mihelic
Last updated: 24/02/2006
Sue Pavey, Research Fellow
Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching & Research, School of Education,
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 121 414 6733 (Secretary)
Fax: +44 121 414 4865
Email: S.A.Pavey@bham.ac.uk
Web: www.education.bham.ac.uk/research/victar
Publications
Current & recent projects
Network 1000
Co-workers: Dr Graeme Douglas, Dr Chris Corcoran, Dr Mike McLinden, Dr
Steve McCall
Three year survey of the changing needs of people with visual impairment.
In collaboration with the charity Vision 2020. The aims of the project
are: To establish a consultation network of over 1000 visually impaired
people who will be regularly surveyed on a range of issues affecting them;
To provide a network for longitudinal studies enabling comparative data
to be evaluated; To provide statistically useful data on the changing
views, experiences and needs of visually impaired people which can be
used to influence service development and provision.
Project start date: 03/2004
Project end date: 02/2007
Last updated: 02/11/2005
Dr Eliezer Peli
The Schepens Eye Research Institute, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2500, United States of America.
Tel: +1 617 912 2597
Fax: +1 617 912 0112
Email: eli@vision.eri.harvard.edu
Web: www.eri.harvard.edu/faculty/peli/index.html
Publications
Current & recent projects
Driving and Mobility
Co-workers: Alex Bowers, Ph.D., Dr Kent Higgins, Lighthouse International
(USA), Dr. Mark Tant, Belgian Road Safety Institute (Belgium)
This is a multi-year research project that is employing both on-road and
simulator tests of driving performance in normally sighted and visually-impaired
individuals. The objectives of this proposal are to: develop optical and
electronic devices aimed at restoring the interplay of central (high-resolution)
and peripheral (wide-field) vision for persons with different types and
amounts of vision loss; and to test the efficacy of the proposed devices
through laboratory (virtual-world) and field (real-world) tests of pedestrian
and driving mobility. This research will provide important evidence concerning
the relationship between vision loss and driving performance and, in addition,
the efficacy of the proposed low vision devices for improving driving
related mobility and performance.
Head-mounted Display as a Low Vision Aid
Co-worker: Gang Luo, Ph.D.
As part of the effort to adapt image enhancement technologies to the visually
impaired, we are working on the development of augmented vision systems
for use by visually impaired. A newly developed image enhancement technique
enables the projection of enhancement outline on the natural view of the
environment using see-through, head-mounted display (HMD). An open peripheral
design for such a system permits the use of the full peripheral field
while the enhancement is limited to the central HMD field. This HMD approach
is a significant advance in low vision aids. A night vision version of
this device was developed and is tested in comparison with existing night
vision HMD systems. Studies on the visual effects of HMD in low vision
and in normally sighted observers are part of this program. In this direction
we are developing (with NASA support) a new stereo display system that
is free from the problem of conflict between accommodation and convergence.
We are also working with many of the HMD manufacturers on testing comfort
and safety of their new devices.
Model-based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired
Interns (2005): Matt Fullerton, Rocio Alcala-Quintana
This study is aimed at designing and evaluating practical image-enhancement
methods. The first approach is to develop systematic (model-driven) methods
for optimal image enhancement for the visually impaired. The second aspect
of the investigation is a basic study of the perception of contrast by
normal and impaired observers. This study led to the development of a
valid metric for contrast in complex images, which is now being used in
simulation of image appearance and as a tool for image quality metrics.
Current efforts are to investigate changes in form perception in the peripheral
retina following adaptation to central field loss. The third aspect of
the investigation involves the evaluation of developed enhancement technologies
in improving the visibility of details from color motion video. These
studies will lead to the development of effective image-enhancement devices
for the visually impaired.
Bioengineering Research Partnership
Co-workers: Russell Woods, Ph.D., Alex Bowers, Ph.D.,
Gang Luo, Ph.D.
Partners: Lighthouse International (USA); Center for Innovative Visual
Rehabilitation (USA); The MicroOptical Corporation (USA); Department of
Psychology, Boston College (USA); DigiVision (USA); Chadwick Optical (USA);
Belgian Road Safety Institute (Belgium); Department of Psychology, University
of Groningen (The Netherlands).
This project applies novel engineering approaches to the problems of low
vision rehabilitation. We are building prototype devices based on solid
theoretical foundations that, eventually, will become marketable rehabilitation
products. These devices, designed and built with the help of our engineering
partners, are being tested experimentally using diverse patient populations,
with the help of the clinical partners to determine the effects on function
and on the quality of life.
We are developing and testing both optical and electronic devices that
implement three specific engineering approaches aimed at restoring (at
least in part) the important interplay of central (high-resolution) and
peripheral (wide-field) vision. The three engineering approaches that
we are exploring are multiplexing, dynamic control of display, and image
enhancement. Also, we show that various combinations of these approaches
are possible and likely to be beneficial. In our assessment and testing
we emphasize two approaches: a virtual environment for controlled and
quantitative testing in the laboratory (virtual reality walk on a treadmill
and driving simulator), and on-the-street evaluation for real-life determination
of the effect and usefulness of the devices and techniques. Specifically
we are developing and evaluating: Prismatic correction to assist mobility
of patients with hemianopia; Prismatic correction to assist mobility of
patients with binocular tunnel-vision; A minified augmented viewing system
(see-through HMD) to assist mobility of patients with tunnel-vision; Dynamic
control of magnified images to assist patients with central field loss
(CFL) view TV; Image enhancement of various types to assist patients with
CFL view TV; Combinations of both magnification and enhancement to assist
patients with CFL view TV.
Development and Evaluation of a Binocular Stereoscopic Display System
with Coupled Convergence and Accommodation Demands
This project aims to solve the problem of the decoupling of the convergence
and accommodation in general stereo systems. Unlike the previous solution
to the decoupling of the convergence and accommodation by way of measuring
eye fixation and adjusting the screen optical distance to match the fixated
object distance simulated via disparity, which is quite difficult to implement,
our solution is to use eye movements monitoring to determine the object
being fixated and change the disparity or convergence demand of all objects
to bring the fixated object to zero disparity and thus remove the convergence
accommodation decoupling conflict. This can be done computationally and
thus simplify the system as it requires no change in hardware from current
designs. The final aim of this project is to build a new stereo system
which the viewer can feel more comfortable.
Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers for the Visually Impaired
Partner: TaperVision, Inc.
This device fuses thousands of glass fibers together and stretches them
so that they form a taper that provides distortion free magnification
and increased illumination across a printed page. These features coupled
with the frictionless page contact surface facilitates reading for people
with visual impairment. Our tapers have a patented design that improves
ergonomics and increases contrast.
Cortical Reorganization in Macular Degeneration
Co-worker: Nancy Kanwisher, Ph.D., McGovern Institute for Brain Research
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Using advanced brain imaging techniques (functional MRI, fMRI) and state
of the art retinal mapping techniques, we are studying which parts of
the brain process visual signals in people with Macular Degeneration as
compared to people with normal vision. We have discovered the first evidence
that brain reorganization occurs in people suffering from the progressive
visual disorder Macular Degeneration.
Last updated: 31/10/2007
Tim Pennick
British Telecommunications plc, PP10, Floor 3, Orion Building, Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 3RE, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1473 646018
Email: tim.pennick@bt.com
Publications
Current & recent projects
ENABLED - Enhancing Network Access for Blind and Visually Impaired.
This project is developing enhanced navigation prototypes for blind and visually impaired users based on information available using network technology. User interface components include synthesised speech, non verbal audio feedback, and Haptics.
Project start date: 09/2004
Project end date: 10/2007
For more information, visit: www.enabledweb.org.
Last updated: 31/10/2007
Eleanor Pester, APH Educational Research, Braille
Project Leader
The American Printing House for the Blind Inc, 1839 Frankfort Avenue,
PO Box 6085, Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085, United States America.
Tel: +1 502 895 2405; Toll-Free Customer Service: 800 223 1839 (US and
Canada)
Fax: +1 502 899 2274
Email: epester@aph.org
Web: www.aph.org/
Publications
Current & recent projects
A large number of projects that centre around braille research and product
development.
See www.aph.org/edresearch/index.html
for details of projects.
Last updated: 02/11/2005
Dr Helen Petrie
Department of Computer Science, University of York, Heslington, York,
YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1904 430000
Email: To email Dr Helen Petrie follow this
link and click on the 'Email Helen Petrie' link.
Publications
Current & recent projects
LBS4all - Location-based services for people with mobility problems
Co-workers: Prof Janet Askham - Age Concern Institute of Gerontology,
Kings College; Professor Jonathan Raper - Department of Information Science,
City University; Nick Groome - Ordnance Survey; Steve Tyler - RNIB.
LBS4all provides location-based services for people with mobility problems.
In particular it aims to provide navigational help for older, for visually
impaired and for blind people. It is designed to exploit new mobile computing,
positioning and communication technologies in order to aid navigation
around urban environments. Project web page: www.lbs4all.com/
Project start date: 01/08/2003
Project end date: 31/01/2006
Project Co-ordinator: MultiReader Project - A Multimodal Multimedia
Navigation and Reading System
Co-workers: Jan Engelen; Ine Langer;
Gerhard Weber; Maarten Verboom; Keith Gladstone;
Liesbeth Pyfers
The three key objectives of the MultiReader Project are: To develop a
thorough understanding of the problems of navigating through and effectively
using large multimedia documents such as eBooks and the WWW by both mainstream
and print disabled readers; To design, implement and evaluate a prototypical
electronic reading system which will meet the needs of both mainstream
and print disabled readers; To participate in the development of emerging
standards in multimedia and eBook technologies and influence them positively
in terms of usability and accessibility for all users. Please see www.multireader.org/for
further details.
Project start date: 01/01/2001
Project end date: 31/12/2003
VISTA (Virtual Interface for a Set-Top box Agent) project
Co-workers: ITC, British Sky Broadcasting, City University, Sensory,
Televirtual, The University of East Anglia,The Victoria University of
Manchester, DTI, Economic & Social Research Council (PACCIT initiative).
A pilot project to explore how visually impaired viewers, many of whom
are elderly, can get the best out of digital television. The project will
examine the potential use of technologies that allow a viewer to "speak"
commands to the TV and have the TV "talk" back, to select programmes
from the hundreds of digital channels now available. As take-up of digital
television continues to grow, electronic programme guides offering details
of current and future programming have become appreciated in the vast
majority of digital homes across the UK. While they provide clear benefits
to most viewers, EPGs can present difficulties for those viewers who are
unable to read text information either on screen or on a remote control,
or who are physically unable to handle a remote control. It is hoped that,
in future, devices with voice recognition and speech synthesis functionality
may allow these viewers to access more easily the benefits of digital
television. With the aim of assisting such viewers, the partners in the
VISTA Project will carry out research into the development of a complete
"virtual human interface" for digital television.
Project start date: 05/2002
Project end date: 11/2003
PLAY 2
Software for: storage of various music input, conversion of different
Braille syntax into sound, graphic, Braille output and Telematics access.
For more information see www.dodiesis.com/
Project start date: 01/03/2000
Project end date: 31/12/2003
ICEB Tactile Graphics Project
To develop standards and principles for the design, production and use
of tactile diagrams, maps and pictures.
Project start date:2000
How new technologies can assist in overcoming the problems faced
by disabled and elderly people in their day to day lives.
Co-workers: Ms. Chetz Colwell;
Ms. Yaara Di Segni Garbas; Valerie Johnson; Miss Sarah Morley; Ms. Anne-Marie
O'Neill; Mr Angus Ramsay
Current projects include investigations of the use of haptic virtual reality
for visually impaired people. Investigations of the use of 3D audio systems
for teaching visually impaired students. Investigations of accessibility
of the world wide web for visually impaired people, including evaluations
of the W3C/WAI guidelines and production of a video on website accessibility.
Investigations of the use of everyday and musical sounds in web browsers
to make them more usable by visually impaired people. Eliciting user requirements
and conducting evaluations and field trials of a mobility aid for frail
elderly and visually impaired people. Eliciting user requirements and
conducting evaluations of a screenphone adapted for visually impaired
people. Investigations of the use of mobile telephones for visually impaired
people.
Last updated: 11/09/2000
Professor Lars Philipson
Lund University, Information Technology, PO Box 118, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden.
Tel: +46 46 222 7518
Fax: +46 46 222 4714
Email: lars@it.lth.se
Web: www.certec.lth.se/research/projects/peer
Publications
Current & recent projects
PEER, Research on Extraordinary Eye Perception
Co-worker: Jörgen Gustavsson;
Professor Bodil Jönsson;
Werner Polland
The objective is to develop methods for diagnosing the presence of circadian
sight and balance sight among people that are blind or seriously visually
impaired, and to develop methods of using medication for sleep disorders
on the basis of the diagnostic results. In addition, our purpose is to
map out the possible implications of a comprehensive approach to the eye
for health care and habilitation and to draw conclusions about the impact
of this new knowledge on diagnosis, therapy, medical aids and clinical
efforts. Background circadian sight: Isolated research findings show that
the eyes of people who cannot see can still retain certain functions.
Several of these phenomena are usually grouped together under the heading
blindsight. Another phenomenon is that some blind people have a circadian
sight: a 24-hour rhythm which, like that of sighted people, is governed
by the light variations between night and day, while others are afflicted
by severe sleep disorders. Background balance sight: Sight contributes
significantly to our ability to keep our balance. This eye function is
part of the balance system, balance sight, and is quite possibly intact
in the case of some blind people.
Project start date: 01/01/96
Last updated:
Dr Timothy Phillips
The University of Reading, Department of Archaeology,
School of Human and Environmental Sciences,
Whiteknights,
PO Box 227, Reading, Hampshire,
RG6 6AB, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0) 1183788132
Fax: +44 (0) 1183786718
Email: inclusivearchaeology@reading.ac.uk
Web: www.hca.heacademy.ac.uk/access-archaeology/inclusive_accessible/
Current & recent projects
Inclusive, Accessible, Archaeology
This project addressed the dual issues of disability and transferable skills in the teaching of archaeological fieldwork. It aimed to increase awareness of disability issues in Archaeology and improve the integration of disability in fieldwork teaching. The emphasis was on the development of a self-assessment tool kit for physical and cognitive abilities in fieldwork. This tool will increase students' awareness of their acquisition of transferable skills and promote careers management skills. This is now available as an interactive on-line resource on the project website. Good practice guidelines for including disabled students in archaeological fieldwork training are also available.
Project start date: 2005
Project end date: 2007
Last updated: 15/11/2007
Ian Pitt
National University of Ireland, Computer Science Department, Cork, Ireland.
Tel: +353 21 902 929
Fax: +353 21 274 390
Email: i.pitt@cs.ucc.ie
Web: www.cs.ucc.ie/staff/ipitt.html
Publications
Current & recent projects
Developing and refining guidelines for the design of speech-based interfaces. Design of intelligent/adaptive systems to aid non-visual exploration of large data sets.
Last updated:
Karen J. Poppe
Street Address: American Printing House for the Blind, Department of Educational
and Technical Research, 1839 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085,
United States of America.
Postal Address: American Printing House for the Blind, PO Box 6085, Louisville,
Kentucky, United States of America.
Tel: +1 502 895 2405
Fax: +1 502 899 2274
Email: kpoppe@aph.org
Web: www.aph.org/
Publications
Current & recent projects
Early Childhood Tactile Graphics
Last updated: 17/09/2001
Professor Serge Portalier
Université Lumiere Lyon 2, Institut de Psychologie Perception Cognition
Handicap, 5 avenue Pierre Mendes, France CP 11, Bron Cedex 69676, France.
Tel: +33 4 78 77 43 41
Fax: +33 4 78 77 43 35
Email: serge.portalier@univ-lyon2.fr
Web: www.mygale.org/07/pch
Publications
Current & recent projects
Braille reading
Co-workers: Thierry Bergere; Chavas Martine
Study of skilled Braille reading a movement pattern called "simultaneous
dispirit exploration". Develop two hypotheses about this treatment: a
first parallel treatment in a perceptual process; a second serial treatment
in a cognitive process.
Project start date: 01/01/96
Project end date: 31/01/99
Visual instrumentation for use with visually deficient children:
the point mobil
Co-worker: François Vital-Durand
The concept of instrumentation is applied to the deficient visual system
of visually handicapped infants to explore the extent to which the use
of poor vision can be developed rather than relying exclusively upon vicarious
sensory systems. A computer program (Point Mobil) designed to stimulate
detection, localization and capture of visual targets by 15 visually deficient
children aged 2.5 - 5 years of age (near acuity between 1.5 and 6 cycles/degree).
Data does not allow the isolation of specific effect of training from
the benefit of the whole programme. However, some parameters, like detection
of smaller stimulus sizes and velocity estimation, underwent more positive
change than others, for example, chromatic contrast detection.
Project start date: 01/01/97
Project end date: 31/01/2000
Last updated:
Lee Priest
Centre for Applied Gerontology, University of Birmingham, Hayward Building, Selly Oak Hospital, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JD, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 121 627 8750
Fax: +44 121 627 8750
Email: l.priest.1@bham.ac.uk
Web: www.gerontology.bham.ac.uk
Publications
Current & recent projects
Utilisation of the World Wide Web by Older Adults
Co-workers: Dr Laxman Nayak, Professor Ian Stuart-Hamilton
The project investigated how older adults with varying levels of website experience retrieve health information from UK based health websites.
Project start date: May 2003
Project end date: April 2005
Last updated: 31/10/2007
Professor Linda Pring
University of London, Goldsmiths College, Psychology Department, London
SE14 6NW, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 7919 7881
Fax: +44 20 79197873
Email: l.pring@gold.ac.uk
Web: www.gold.ac.uk
Publications
Current & recent projects
Professor Pring has been involved in a variety of projects concerned with individuals with visual impairments.
Blindness & autism: Early development in children with visual impairment
Co-workers:
Dr Naomi Dale & Dr Alison Salt
This research concerns the development of infants and children with severe or profound visual impairment and potential intervention strategies. This research is continuing in collaboration with The Vision Research Clinic (Dr Naomi Dale & Dr Alison Salt) (co-sponsored by Great Ormond Street hospital NHS trust and Institute of Child Development, University College, London).
Project start date: 01/09/2005
Project end date: 31/08/ 2008
Art beyond Sight.
This project is concerned with the best ways to support education and access to art exhibits for individuals with visual impairment and in particular the role of tangible resources. Collaborations with art education for the blind and The metropolitan museum of Art New York.
For more information, visit www.artbeyondsight.org/
In touch with art.
A conference co-organised by St-Dunstans, The Victoria & Albert Museum London, and Goldsmiths, University of London. The outcome of a collaboration between Pring and St Dunstans art & craft education programme.
Conference date: 28-30/11/2007
The Victoria & Albert Museum.
Research on Musical Interests in Visual impairment, including savant syndrome.
With Ockelford (Roehampton University), Welsh (University of London Institute of Education), Treffert and others.
For information on the Amber Triust, visit www.ambertrust.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=36
Last updated: 31/10/2007
Katharine Prynne
Honda R & D Europe (UK) Ltd, North Building, Highworth Road, South Marston, Swindon SN3 4TZ, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1793 416606
Fax: +44 1793 416600
Email: katharine_prynne@uk.hrdeu.com
Current & recent projects
BIONIC (Blind Operation of In-Car Controls)
Co-workers: Royal National Institute of the Blind - UK; SAMMIE CAD Ltd
(UK); Loughborough University (HUSAT) - UK; Alpine Electronics - (UK);
ARRK Formation Ltd - (UK).
Develop and validate a set of design guidelines for the design of vehicle
controls that provide tactile feedback to the driver and minimise the
need for vision.
Project start date: 03/2001
Project end date: 01/2005
Last updated: 24/02/2006
Draghi Puterity
BAUM Retec AG, Schloss Langenzell, 69257 Wiesenbach, Germany.
Tel: +49 6223 4909 0
Fax: +49 6223 4909 99
Email: mp@baum.de
Web: www.baum.de/
Current & recent projects
Gnopernicus
This project will enable users with limited vision, or no vision, to use
the Gnome 2 desktop and Gnome/GTK+-2 applications effectively. By providing
automated focus tracking and fullscreen magnification, Gnopernicus will
aid low-vision Gnome users, and its screen reader features will allow
low-vision and blind users access to standard GTK+2 and Java-based GUI
applications via speech and braille output. By leveraging Gnome 2's built-in
accessibility framework, Gnopernicus will make interacting with applications
more efficient for these users, and enable use of the Gnome 2 desktop
for some users who otherwise would have no access to Gnome.
Last updated: 10/12/2001
Matti Putila
Pikosystems, Rasulankatu 9, Tampere 33730, Finland.
Tel: +358 3 3397 9503
Fax: +358 3 3397 9510
Email: matti.putila@pikosystems.fi
Web: www.pikosystems.fi/index.php?set_lang=fi
Current & recent projects
Development of PC-based communication and speaking remote control for environmental control system.
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Last updated: 19.02.2008 © Copyright reserved
