[BlindMath] Zoom meeting on accessible math: Thu 11 Feb 6:30 to 7:30 UK time

[David Farmer]

This conference next Thursday and Friday, February 18 and 19,
may be of interest to those who have been following the thread
on LaTeX and PDF accessibility:

http://workshop.sciaccess.net/deims2021/index.html

The title of the conference is:

The 4th International Workshop on
"Digitization and E-Inclusion in Mathematics and Science 2021" (DEIMS2021)

The third paragraph of the overview is:

No matter whether education is face-to-face or distance, digitized 
documents that are given to all pupils/students should be available in an 
accessible format. However, digitization of STEM (science, technology, 
engineering and mathematics) content and its applications have challenges 
not present in a non-technical field. For example, while many online 
educational materials are provided in PDF (Acrobat Portable Document 
Format), the semantic information in mathematical formulas cannot easily 
be extracted. Formulas are depicted visually as a set of 
characters/symbols in a two-dimensional layout or an image. Thus, in many 
cases, it is hard for print-disabled people to read/author those contents 
although their accessibility is definitely important to achieve a truly 
inclusive society even in this crisis.

The conference is free but registration is required.
The deadline was last month (I just found out about it),
but I sent my registration form anyway.  They wrote back quickly with
Zoom links and other information.

Regards

David