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For the first time, advanced scientific notation and mathematical
formulas of the type that would be encountered in a university
mathematics or physics degree course are becoming available to blind and
visually impaired students.
An EU Information Society Technology (IST) project, VICKIE, has
helped break down the barriers to further and higher-education by
creating new processes and software that can convert digitised books
into any format these students choose.
Full story in bjhc&im November 2006 (533 words)
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