Assistive Technology

Lecturer:

Radek Seifert (gar.)

Tutor:

Radek Seifert (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Mathematics

Synopsis:

The aim of the course is to introduce the field of Assistive Technology for people with a visual impairment. Besides the technological background of the tools in use, emphasis is put on the general principles of usage and special demands of the target group of users.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Term "Assistive Technology?

2.Computer hardware and software

3.Webpage accessibility and the most important guidelines

4.Digitisation and archiving of textual documents

5.Basic formats accessibility

6.Braille code and tactile graphics

7.Navigation systems

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

[1] Assistive technology. In Wikipedia : the free encyclopedia [online]. St. Petersburg (Florida) : Wikipedia Foundation, [cit. 2010-12-22]. [2] KONECNY, Josef. Blind Friendly [online]. 2007 [cit. 2010-12-22]. Malé nahlédnutí do historie hlasovych syntéz [3] PAVLICEK, Radek. Blind Friendly [online]. 2.3. 2005-03-31 [cit. 2010-12-22]. Metodika Blind Friendly Web.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: