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Exploiting a Graphical Braille Display for Art Masterpieces

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A new graphical Braille display is presented. Its use, social value and advantages are discussed. In particular is developed an approach allowing objects of cultural and historical heritage to be presented in an intuitive and accessible way to low-sighted or blind people.

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The paper is supported by the BG NSF Grant No DN 17/21-2017

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Gyoshev, S., Karastoyanov, D., Stoimenov, N., Cantoni, V., Lombardi, L., Setti, A. (2018). Exploiting a Graphical Braille Display for Art Masterpieces. In: Miesenberger, K., Kouroupetroglou, G. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10897. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94274-2_33

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