Objective The devices developed by this project represent a breakthrough in information and communications technologies for blind and low vision people. They will considerably improve the physical possibilities of printing Braille and Moon characters and consequently extend their use. These can be produced faster and less noisily by printers and telefax machines on paper, plastic and other materials, and the addition of colour will allow characters for both blind and sighted persons to be printed on the same document. The device's unlimited graphics capability will remove the geometric limitations to on-line output of graphics, for example enabling blind children to learn geometry alongside sighted children in integrated education systems. The use of Moon characters by elderly people will also be revolutionised as its production gets easier. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolorsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyplanetary sciencesnatural satellitesnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometry Programme(s) FP4-TELEMATICS 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998 Topic(s) C.8 - Telematics Applications for Disabled and Elderly People Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Blista-Brailletec gemeinnützige GmbH EU contribution No data Address Industriestr. 11 35041 Marburg Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Assoc. of the Blind and Visually-Handicapped of Portugal Portugal EU contribution No data Address Lisboa See on map Total cost No data Deutscher Verein d.Blinden u. Sehbehinderten Germany EU contribution No data Address Marburg See on map Total cost No data Finnish Central Federation for the Visually Handicapped Finland EU contribution No data Address Helsinki See on map Total cost No data Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Peterborough See on map Total cost No data