Workshop Announcement:

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           Automated production of Braille textbooks
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                   July 18 to July 22, 2022

                     Baltimore, Maryland

        http://aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/braillebooks


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Description:
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This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, is intended to extend
the availability of mathematics textbooks in Braille to students and
professionals who are visually challenged. The goal is to produce
mathematical text accurately, inexpensively, and in a timely manner
by developing a user-friendly software workflow using open-source
software to automatically translate mathematical text to Braille
ready for embossing.  Particular attention will be given to the
production of large formulas and tactile versions of graphs and
diagrams. 

The workshop is organized by
Alexei Kolesnikov, Al Maneki, Martha Siegel, and Volker Sorge.

For more details please see the workshop announcement page:
http://aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/braillebooks

Space and funding is available for a few more participants.
If you would like to participate, please apply by filling
out the on-line form (available at the link above) no later
than April 1, 2022. Applications are open to all, and
we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities,
junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily
undergraduate institutions to apply.

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AIM Research Conference Center:
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The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) hosts focused
workshops in all areas of the mathematical sciences. AIM
focused workshops are distinguished by their emphasis on
a specific mathematical goal, such as making progress on a
significant unsolved problem, understanding the proof of an
important new result, or investigating the convergence between
two distinct areas of mathematics.

For more information, please visit
http://www.aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/