Program Thursday
All times are CET.
Location: Store auditorium
Øyvind Engh, Acting Deputy National Librarian and host of the conference
Location: Store auditorium
Clint Covington, Accessibility & AI Leader at Microsoft (USA)
Location: Store auditorium
The exhibitors will briefly introduce themselves
Location: Store auditorium
Dr. Neil Soiffer, Chief Listening Officer at Talking Cat Software (USA)
Dr. Soiffer will describe his 30 year journey from knowing nothing about accessibility to being a leading advocate for math accessibility and producing the primary solution for speaking, navigating, and brailling mathematics and chemical formulas. Like so many others working in accessibility, it has not always been a straight path, with both pushback and encouragement from companies and the government. He will recount some meetings with some remarkable figures in the field and help people understand the challenges around accessible mathematics.
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12:00–12:30 Reading Mathematics in EasyReader
Mattias Karlsson, AltFormat Product Manager and Anders Frankenberg, Managing Director, Dolphin Computer Access AB (Sweden)
12:30–13:00 Discussion on reading mathematics
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12:00–12:20 Presentation on The DAISY International Tactile Graphics Working Group
12:20–13:00 Picture This: From Image to Experience. Transforming art, books and games into shared tactile experiences through UV printing
Geke van de Wakker, CBB (the Netherlands)
CBB will introduce their work, explain the elevated prints, and share more about the process and how these works are created.
Location: Canteen
Location: Folkestova
Visit the exhibition to see products and discuss various solutions.
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14:30–14:55 Title coming
14:55–15:20 Math Reading and Writing with a Screen Reader
George Kerscher, Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium and Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech (USA)
This presentation will explore practical strategies for reading and writing mathematical content using a screen reader, with a focus on MathCAT for reading and navigating math on web pages and within EPUB titles via Thorium.
15:20–15:35 Break
15:35–16:15 Discussion on authoring and writing mathematics
Facilitated by Richard Orme, Chief Executive Officer, DAISY Consortium
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14:30–15:30 Presentations on eBraille, titles coming
Manfred Muchenberger, Head of Production, SBS Schweizerische Bibliothek für Blinde, Seh- und Lesebehinderte (Switzerland)
Humanware
… and more
15:30–15:45 Break
15:45–16:15 Discussion on eBraille
Location: Store auditorium
Maarten Verboom, DAISY Chairman of the Board and Director at Dedicon (the Netherlands)
Location: Canteen