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Laboratory of Tyfloinformatics |
Welcome on the site of the tyfloinformatics’ laboratory of University of Podlasie- computer laboratory dedicated to blind and poor eyesight students. This laboratory is available also for all disabled students every day since 8.00 up to 19.00 excluding the classes time.
Tyfloinformatics
Tyfloinformatics is the dedicated course, which goal is to teach blind and poor eyesight students to work with computer. First element of the word “tyfloinformatics” (typhlo) comes from old Greek, in which it means “blind”. University of Podlasie since 1994 year included Tyfloinformatics’ courses to teaching plan of students with sight problems. This course is dedicated to students, who during the enrolment process declared substantial or full sight damage. Classes lasts 3 first semesters of studies, regardless of studies faculty. Level of education is fitted to the each student individually.
Students can acquire many skills necessary during studies and future work, like:
- operating programs like screenReader and screenMagnifier,
- operating in Windows and managing it to their special requirements
- using MsWord and MsExcel
- editing and print Braille texts
- scanning and recognize printed texts with use fineReader program
- using the e-mail
- finding broadcasts in different languages in the internet radio
- using Skype communicator and other VOIP type programs
Students having better skills in computer work, can learn
- using and creating advanced configurations of screenReader and screenMagnifier programs
- basics of the designing and operating databases by MsAccess
- elements of the mathematical formula editor TeX
- creating the WWW sites
- creating the multimedia presentations
- operating the signal processing programs
- cooperation of the mobile phones with computer
- creating the audio books in Daisy system
Tyfloinformatics laboratory staff
In the described unit works two scientific researchers
- dr Stanisław Jakubowski (e-mail:
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- dr Dariusz Mikułowski (e-mail:
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Hardware and software in tyfloinformatics laboratory
Standard hardware and software
- 5 computers desktop Pentium IV type firm DELL
- ink-jet printer HP 640,
- scanner HP2P A3 format,
- system Windows XP Professional (installed on 5 workstations),
- Office 97 (installed on 5 workstations),
- program Easy CD Creator (installed on 5 workstations),
- Internet access (access on 5 workstations).
Specialist hardware for hearing disable users
- Braille monitor 40-character of Brailloterm firm (installed on 1 workstations),
- Braille monitor 40- character firm of Thymus firm (installed on 1 workstations),
- Sweden double-sided Braille printer of Everest (installed on 1 workstations)
- External speech synthesize Apollo of Dolphin Computer Access (installed on 1 workstations)
- television enlarger of Reinecker firm
Specialist software for sight disable users
- program Screen Reader JAWS type for synthetic speech and Braille character generator (installed on 5 workstations),
- program Screenreader-magnifier HAL/Supernova type (installed on 5 workstations),
- program speech synthesizer Agata of Scansoft firm (installed on 5 workstations),
- program speech synthesizer Readboard of Altix firm (installed on 5 workstations),
- program OCR FineReader 7.0 (installed on 1 workstation),
- program OBR type (installed on 1 workstation),
- program for Braille printout Brajl and Winbrajlle (installed on 1 workstation),
- program Translator (installed on 1 workstation),
- program TGD Qiktac (installed on 1 workstation).
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