Tactile Inclusion Project
That’s why we’ve created over 1,250 math graphics for blind and visually impaired students: From first grade to graduation.
The European Union has co-financed the creation of audio-tactile graphics as part of the Tactile Inclusion Project through Erasmus+ School.
The most important graphics for each school year were reduced to their core messages, adapted to the special needs of blind and severely visually impaired people, and provided with audio explanations.
A total of 1,250 mathematical graphics are available for free, offered to blind and visually impaired students, teachers, and parents through the ProBlind association.
The graphics were selected and filled with content by math teachers at the Michael Reitter School for the Blind, a state school in Linz, and the ZSIP Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Krakow. The company Inventivio provided support in creating the audio-tactile graphics.
The project in figures
Goal:
Math lessons must become even more inclusive. From the first grade to graduation, the most important graphics should also be available in an audio-tactile form.
Languages
All graphics created as part of the project can be automatically translated into 29 languages using AI, benefiting blind students worldwide.
Graphics:
That is the number of graphics we provide free of charge.
Our Motivation:
More math graphics
for blind and visually impaired people.
This is how the graphics were created:
- Our TIP schools selected graphics for sighted people.
- Text explanations were provided for each graphic.
- Graphic designers converted each graphic for the blind.
- All graphics were then tested in the schools.
Each graphic is available for free
at share.problind.org.
Grade 1 to 13:
Algebra, geometry and much more.
The following gallery provides an insight into the audio-tactile graphics collection, which contains over 1,250 graphics.
We hope that the Tactile Inclusion project will use the example of mathematics to encourage the creation of audio-tactile graphics for other subjects as well.
We literally want to make mathematics tangible.
For us, the TIP project is a step toward true inclusion.
The Tactile Inclusion Project is complete!
In two years, our team of teachers and graphic designers has created 1,250 math graphics—tailored specifically to the needs of blind and visually impaired students. With this collection, we are laying the foundation for inclusive access to math graphics and greater equality in the classroom.
Discover more audio-tactile
graphics in the ProBlind database.
