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02. General medical and statistical data on blindness and visual impairment
According to Greek Law a blind person is defined as a person whose visual acuity is less than 1/20 in the better eye with best possible correction.
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02. General medical and statistical data on blindness and visual impairment
Causes of blindness in children and adults
Details of visual impairment
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02. General medical and statistical data on blindness and visual impairment
Almost 5% of the people with a serious vision problem are below 16 years of age, whereas 70% of them are older than 65 years of age.
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02. General medical and statistical data on blindness and visual impairment
The World Health Organisation (WHO) tried to estimate the total number of blind globally. In 1990 it was reported that there might be 38 million blind in the world while 75% of them live in Africa and Asia.
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02. General medical and statistical data on blindness and visual impairment
In Greece, the estimate is 21.000 blind people for 1990, while the blind people registered in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki are 1031 (approximately 1% of the total population).
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Talking books are far more often used than the other formats first because it is almost the only format available and second because it is easy to use - there is nothing hard or special to learn about it.
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02. General medical and statistical data on blindness and visual impairment
It has been proved that the blind people are very fond of reading, which stands as their most preferred hobby.
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02. General medical and statistical data on blindness and visual impairment
Medical and Statistical Data on Blindness in Cyprus
Professions currently practiced by blind and visually impaired people:
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Assistant nurse, Baby Nurse, Designer at the Public Works Department, Lawyer, Administrative Officer, Teacher, Auditor, Worker, Public works Foreman, Office-cleaner, Gardener, Social Worker, Boarding school Administrator, Musician, Infant School, Teacher, Hotel Administration, Construction Worker, Blacksmith, Technician, telephone operator, Security Guard.
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03. Use of Braille and adaptive technologies: History, state of the art, emerging trends
A Brief History of Braille Production and Use
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04. Description of a workstation General specifications
- General Computer equipment
- Braille input and output devices
- Speech synthesis hardware and software
- Technical devices to communicate with sighted people
- General and communication software
- Large color monitor and software to permit the selection of colors used
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04. Description of a workstation General specifications
Greek Braille coding table:
ASCII code Greek letter Braille code comment
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05. Checklist for the Library
Since about 10% of the general population is disabled, a reasonable goal would be to have about 10% of computer equipment and resources earmarked for accessibility.
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05. Checklist for the Library
how to learn from the users
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06. Setting up accompanying structures at university level
- Support of integration in the class
- Analysis of study materials
- Co-operation with authors and publishers
- Transcription of materials
- Organization and administration of services
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06. Setting up accompanying structures at university level
Details on alternative formats:
- Characteristics of large print
- Electronically generated large print
- Tactile (Relief) maps/plans/diagrams
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Copyright in Databases and Text
The recent EU directive on copyright and related rights
The Greek law on copyright and related rights
Cyprus Copyright Law 1976-1993
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08. Distance Learning and e-learning
General information on the key benefits of e-learning
List of distance learning programs
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09. International and Greek electronic texts
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10. International and Greek bibliographic databases
General Bibliographic databases
Subject specific bibliographic databases
Greek Bibliographic Databases
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11. International and Greek Internet Resources
Search engines and subject directories
Libraries in Thessaloniki
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12. Selected Internet resources on Cyprus
Search engines and subject directories
Colleges and universities
Useful and interesting sites