2. RoboBraille in Bulgaria 4th Partner Meeting, January 2014 Plodiv, Sofia, Varna, Ruse Lars Ballieu Christensen Tanja Stevns

3. Agenda RoboBraille Project – Status Pilot testing Mp3 player trial Bulgarian Digital Library/Libraries Dissemination plan RoboBraille International RoboBraille workshops Next meeting – date, time location?

4. Status Service –Almost ready with everything –Issues with TTS quality –Pending Bulgarian responses on some services www.robobraille.org/web3/bg/

5. Status Information material –Leaflet –Post card –Braille version? –Responses? Dissemination? –More? RoboBraille web site –Ready at www.robobraille.orgwww.robobraille.org –Please check and report –Local webmaster

6. Pilot testing When all services are ready: Formal testing with feedback of all functions amongst end-user community By means of electronic questionnaire Preferably responses from 100-200 representative users Time frame and email addresses? Plodiv suggestion: Now-April 1, 2014

7. Mp3 player trial Objectives 1.Test RoboBraille as a learning technology 2.Test amongst different disability groups and age groups 3.Test long-term usage of audio books Results –Participants (age groups, disabilities) –Use? –Results? –Papers?

8. Bulgarian Digital Library/Libraries Suggestions Shared library amongst special schools? Extension to existing library? Status? Other ideas? Commitments –Digital Library for People with Dyslexia

9. Dissemination Dissemination of information in networks, to professionals, teachers, parents, end users Conferences, newsletters, events, workshops, press-releases Participating partners –Develop and execute nation-wide dissemination plan Status? Plans?

10. Launch event(s) How and where to announce? Date(s)? Suggestion: Launch at International Conference for Vision Impairment at end of March (Plodiv or Sofia)

11. Train-the-Trainer Workshops Plan Participants Dates Plodiv: –Two events (rehab center, assoc for deafblind) –Between April 22-25 Sofia: - March or June

12. RoboBraille International LLL Leonardo da Vinci projects: RoboBraille in Education (completed 2013) –Catalogue of good practices RoboBraille SMART (2013-2015) –Training course RoboBraille technology New languages (e.g., Russian, Icelandic) New formats (epub3, Braille math, large print) Improved quality (OCR)

13. RoboBraille at Conferences AHEAD (USA) July ICCHP (France) July Accessing Higher Grounds (USA) November Co-author papers?

14. Next meeting At RoboBraille workshops or launch or …

15. Questions; comments ?!

16. Communication www.robobraille.org/bulgaria Email list bulgarianpartners@robobraille.org Dropbox folder Facebook group: RoboBraille Bulgaria You can always call/mail us tanja@robobraille.org +45 2324 0672tanja@robobraille.org lars@robobraille.org +45 4032 6823lars@robobraille.org