2. Lars Ballieu Christensen Tanja Stevns
RoboBraille in Bulgaria Braille books, audio books, e-books, accessibility, digital library
Lars Ballieu Christensen
Tanja Stevns

3. RoboBraille Mail and web-based translation service
Free for all non-commercial users
RoboBraille can
Translate text into and from Grade 1 and 2 Braille in 6-dot and 8-dot Braille
Convert text to audio books (mp3, Daisy)
Convert documents into e-books (epub, mobi)
Convert inaccessible documents to more accessible formats
Produce ”visual Braille”, e.g., artwork for the pharmaceutical sector

5. RoboBraille service
In operation since 2004; serving 10-20,000 requests each month
Users
Blind and partially sighted
Reading impaired
Educators, teachers, VI professionals
Relatives
Foreign language students
Illiterate

6. A more inclusive information society
Self-sufficiency
Independence
Inclusion
Education
Vocation
Social
Privacy
Continued support after completion of education

7. What is RoboBraille Text-to-Speech Text-to-Braille E-book converter
Daisy Pipeline
Office automation
OCR
Accessible docs
mp3 encoder
Mail/web delivery
.doc, .docx
.htm, .html
.xml
.txt. .asc
.rtf
.pdf (all types)
.mobi, epub
.tif, gif, .bmp
.jpg, .j2k, .jp2, .jpx
.pcx, .dcx
.djv
.ppt
.odt
Mobile
Folder
Web
Daisy
Braille
Tagged pdf
mp3
Math Daisy
E-books
English
Danish
Greek
Braille artwork
Portuguese
French
German
Italian
Lithuanian
Polish
Slovenian
Icelandic
Norwegian
Spanish
Dutch
Arabic
Hungarian
Romanian
Bulgarian
Russian
Inuit
Swedish

9. mp3 and Daisy by email Turn-around time 1+ minutes* Send an e-mail
Attached document
.doc, .docx, .htm, .html, .xml
.txt. .asc, .rtf, .pdf (all types)
.tif, gif, .bmp, .jpg, .j2k, jp2, jpx
.pcx, .dcx, .djv
RoboBraille translates using TTS engines, Daisy Pipeline
Imports (e.g., .asc)
Converts (e.g., .htm  .txt)
Translates text-to-speech (.wav)
Compresses/Encodes .wav to .mp3 Or
Uses Daisy Pipeline to create Daisy project including audio
Zips it up into single file
Resultat returned
Link to mp3 audio file or zip file with Daisy project
Turn-around time
1+ minutes*

10. Turn-around time less than a minute
Braille by
Send an
Attached document
.doc, .docx, .htm, .html, .xml
.txt. .asc, .rtf, .pdf (all types)
.tif, gif, .bmp, .jpg, .j2k, jp2, jpx
.pcx, .dcx, .djv
RoboBraille based on Sensus Braille translation engine
Imports(e.g., .asc)
Converts(e.g., .doc  .txt)
Translates
Exports (e.g., BrailleLite, North American Computer Braille, pef, formatted)
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Result attached
HTML (.htm, .html)
Tekst (.txt)
PEF (.pef)
Turn-around time less than a minute

11. Formatting - PEF PEF - Portable Embosser Format XML-based
Unicode Braille - install Unicode font, e.g., Code2000
Same Braille document on all embossers
Stand-alone PEF application or in Daisy Pipeline
Specify format in subject line to RoboBraille
Subject
Chars pr line
Lines per page
Paginate
Duplex
pef4025pd 40 25
yes
pef4025 no
pef3025p 30
pef3025d

12. Formatting, embossing

13. Accessibility by email
Send an
Attached document
.pdf (alle typer)
.tif, gif, .bmp, .jpg, .j2k, .jp2, .jpx
.pcx, .dcx, .djv
Specify requested format in subject field:
pdf, rtf, txt, htm
doc, docx, xml
xls, xlsx, csv, pdf
RoboBraille based ABBY Recognition Server
Converts …
Return result as attachment
pdf, rtf, txt, htm
doc, docx, xml
xls, xlsx, csv, pdf

14. E-books by e-mail Send an email Attached document
doc, docx, rtf, txt, asc,
pdf,
xml, htm, html,
tiff, gif, jpg, bmp, pcx, dcx, j2k, jp2, jpx, djv,
epub, mobi
RoboBraille conversion based on Calibre
Converts …
Return result as attachment
epub, mobi

15. Visual Braille by email
Send an
or dedicated mail account
Attached control file
# Control file for Sensus
# RoboBraille/PharmaBraille #
t1=Betnovate med chinoform
t2=1% + 30 mg/g
t3=100 stk
p=Betnovate med chinoform
f=OctoBrailleMM
l=da
n=standard
RoboBraille based on Sensus Braille translation engine
Translates text into Visual Braille
Creates graphical artwork which can be used in design applications such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator or Quark Xpress.
Result attached
Turn-around time less than a minute

17. RoboBraille Digital Library
Library for digital contents
Two classes of material
Public
Protected
Operated in accordance with Danish Copyright legislation (§17) or national copyright legislation
Integrated with DanBib (official Danish Library Database, Z39.50) or other meta data repository (Google, Amazon)

18. Users * Must be associated with primary user
Search/ retrieve
Manage titles
Manage users
Generate reports
Manage system
Administrators √
Producers
Primary users
Professionals √*
Relatives
Guests
√**
* Must be associated with primary user
** Can search all but only retrieve public contents

19. Contents Alt format Media file Alt Publisher Producer Alternative
Title
Title
Author
ISBN
Language …
Alternative
Alt format
Media file
Alt Publisher
Producer
Alternative
Alt format
Media file
Alt Publisher
Producer

20. Delivery
Three modes
Direct by
Direct by download
Indirect via RoboBraille
Physical media is shipped by ordinary mail (tactile illustrations, models, …)

23. Literature …

24. An award-winning service
2011: World Blind Union Braille21 Award Finalist (Germany) 2010: BETT Award for best Special Education Needs solution (UK) 2009: Access IT Award for Learning for most affordable eLearning solution (UK) 2009: National eWell-Being Award for ”Reaching the Digitally Excluded” (UK) 2008: European Commission eInclusion Award for e-Accessibility (EU) 2008: Well-Tech Award for Innovation and Accessibility (Italy) 2007: British Computer Society's Social Contribution Award (UK)

25. Project summary RoboBraille in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary
Three years: 2012 – 2015
Funded by VELUX, a private Danish foundation
Coordinated by the Danish National Center for Visually Impaired Children and Youth
Project covers cash costs, hardware/software investments and
Project is open to a wide variety of partners

26. RoboBraille in Romania
Localised version of RoboBraille
Mp3, Daisy
Braille
E-books
Document conversion
Support for local Braille devices
Localised web interface
Localised web site and other info material
Electronic Library for digital media
Material production

27. RoboBraille Stakeholders
The primary users
Organisations representing the primary users
NGOs working for the primary users
Relatives and parents organisations of the primary users
Teachers of the primary users in both special schools and mainstream schools.
VI and reading professionals in both special schools and mainstream schools

28. RoboBraille Stakeholders
Management and faculty at special schools for the blind and partially sighted.
Management and faculty at mainstream schools with integrated pupils/students.
Faculty at academic institutions responsible for teaching special education and developing special education practiced.

29. RoboBraille Stakeholders
School administrators at local, regional, national level responsible for special education and mainstream schools with integrated disabled pupils/students.
Policymakers at local, regional, national level responsible for special education and mainstream schools with integrated disabled pupils/students.

30. Examples of partner roles
Local coordination
Translation and localisation
Dissemination
End users and other organisations
Academic
Pilot tests
Reconsider teaching practices; inclusion practices and policies
End-user support
Host library and material production

31. Partnership of professional collaborators
Participation must make sense to you or your organisation
Costs are covered; you are expected to volunteer hours
You are joining an international network
You are fee to exploit RoboBraille for other purposes
Fundraising
Research and development activities
Income generation

32. Supporting infrastructure
list
Dropbox folder
Facebook group: RoboBraille Bulgaria

33. Important documents RoboBraille Service Summary
Roles and Responsibilities of Partners in a RoboBraille Project
Localising RoboBraille
Presentation
We will the documents …
Retrieve from

34. Questions; comments ?!