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training opportunities. During the project other potential applications
for visually impaired people were also identi£ed
in several areas: Employment enhancing applications (editing
wave £les, painting tool, CAD systems, interior design
tools, ³E), Educational applications (Teaching Mathematics,
Physics, geography, art history, ³E), Applications that increase
social inclusion and independence (building maps, traf£c environment,
virtual museum, games,..)
6. Acknowledgments
The activities described in this paper have been carried out
in collaboration and with the help of the GRAB consortium
composed of three European user group: the National
Council of Blind of Ireland (NCBI), The Royal National
Institute for Blind (RNIB) and the Spanish organization of
Blind people (ONCE- Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles);
two technical developers: PERCRO and Fundación
LABEIN; and one commercial partner: Haptica LtD. The
authors are grateful the whole consortium for their contribution
in the development of the activities. The activities of
this project have been carried on with the £nancial assistance
of the EU which co-funded the project GRAB: ”Computer
Graphics access for blind people through a Haptic virtual
environment”- IST-2000-26151 (www.grab-eu.com) . The
authors are grateful to the EU for the support given in carrying
on these activities.
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