SU 2011

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Summer University 2011

Masaryk University, Telč, Czech Republic.
July 29 - August 3

After the success of the Summer University in Vienna, July 2010, the second Summer University was hosted by Masaryk University, Telč, Czech Republic. The program included four full days of hands on workshop dedicated to visually impaired students, their teachers and their support centres. The program included workshops about the latest and most useful technologies that are currently available to enable visually impaired people to access mathematical content and to do calculations.

A report including audio recording will soon be available. You can download the slides from Jan Engelen's keynote presentation : "Visually impaired persons, audiobooks and e-books".

SU 2011: List of workshops

Here is the list of workshops. All the workshops that are present here have been accepted by the Scientific Committee. A few additional workshops might be added, minor modifications may occur and missing descriptions will come asap.

Workshop: Accessibility of mathematical and learning potential tests in genuine practise

Workshop leaders: Ondřej Nečas, Svatoslav Ondra, Lukáš Másilko (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)

Workshop: Maths Content Accessiblity

Workshop leaders: Dominique Archambault and Silvia Fajardo (UPMC-Paris 6, France)
Duration: 2 hours

Workshop: Octave

Workshop leader: Julien Claassen

Workshop: Stata

Workshop leader: Bert van Landeghem

Workshop:Reading and writing graphics

Workshop leader: Mike Sivill and John Gardner (ViewPlus, USA)
Duration: 1:45 hours

Workshop: Converting electronic formats to web and DAISY and reading them

Workshop leader: Neil Soiffer (Design Science, USA) assisted by John Gardner (ViewPlus, USA)
Duration: 1:45 hours

Workshop: Reading scientific paper and PDF documents

Workshop leader: Masakazu Suzuki (Infty group, Japan) assisted by Neil Soiffer (Design Science, USA)
Duration: 1:45 hours

Workshop: Reading and Authoring scientific documents

Workshop leaders: Katsuhito Yamaguchi (Infty group, Japan) and Neil Soiffer (Design Science, USA)
Duration: 1:45 hours

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