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Accessible Learning with 3D Printing

Maps, plans and diagrams are indispensable components of teaching materials. However, these elements are not directly accessible to people with visual impairments. These elements could be made tactilely accessible with 3D printing, which is now widely available at a realistic cost.

However, the creation of 3D prints is time-consuming and there is a lack of experience as to what good 3D prints of teaching materials should look like. The project is testing how 3D prints can be created automatically using methods from image analysis. These will then be tested with pupils with visual impairments in order to optimize the representations.

The aim is to develop inclusive, tactile representations that benefit learners with and without visual impairments equally.The aim is to develop inclusive, tactile representations that benefit learners with and without visual impairments equally.

Duration: 01.12.2021 - 28.02.2022

Funding:

NTN Innovation Booster Technology & Special Needs

Partner:

School for the visually impaired Zurich