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

[Louis Maher]

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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:

https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fworkshop.sciaccess.net%2Fdeims2021%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cfb32bec9e9eb4c39ae6308d8ce809d81%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637486399091582289%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=tCbeeW00NV%2BUVdHER5pe4Nz1KwLp5WUERfKaGEbTuR8%3D&reserved=0

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


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