TEIRESIÁS: 
Integration Module for Tertiary Education of the Sensory Impaired
Project partners
- Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno
- Masaryk University in Brno
- Tyfloservis
- Brno Union of the Deaf
- Brno University of Technology
Basic Project Information
Operational programme CZ.04.1.03 Human Resources Development
Priority 3.3 Development of Lifelong Learning
Action 3.2 Support of Tertiary Education, Research and Development
Support Programme 15.A Better Quality of University Education
Registration No. CZ.04.1.03/3.2.15.1/0146
Project Summary
Project Aims: The project will create a module of pedagogical-psychological and information technology services to be connected to all the existing accredited programmes at the universities involved. Application of the module will provide accessibility of these programmes to persons with sensory impairment not affecting intellectual or mental capacity. The module encompasses the definition of standards necessary for communication with persons with special needs, which enables the scholarly and scientific work to rely on certain general principles while maintaining individual approach to each specially communicating student; and training of applicants in the field of tertiary education (as well as university teachers) in communication based on these standards.
Project Output: The project finished in 2007. Among its concrete outputs are primarily public e-learning courses in special information technologies, mathematics, Czech and English, based on the aforementioned standards. Related outputs will include an electronic Czech Sign Language dictionary of terminology (for the fields of mathematics and information technology), a voice analysis tool for the support of the hearing impaired (spontaneous speech recognition with a large vocabulary for the visualisation of spoken text) and a supplementary haptic software for the work of the blind in fields utilizing symbolic notation (mathematical texts).
E-learning courses originated in the project in the years 2006–2007
- Czech language courses for the hearing impaired
- English language courses for the hearing impaired
- IT courses for the sensory impaired
- Courses in university-level mathematics for the sensory impaired
Contact Information of the Project Partners
Masaryk University in BrnoPhDr. Petr Peňáz – Centre for Students with Special Needs, Šumavská 15, 602 00 Brno, Tel.: 732873082; e-mail: penaz@teiresias.muni.cz
Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno
Prof. Zoja Mikotová – Drama Education for the Deaf, Theatre Faculty, Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, Mozartova 1, 602 00 Brno, Tel.: 542591336; e-mail: mikotova@jamu.cz
Brno University of Technology
RNDr. Pavel Smrž, Ph.D. – Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia, Faculty of Information Technology (FIT), BUT, Božetěchova 2, 612 66 Brno, Tel.: 541141282; e-mail: smrz@fit.vutbr.cz
Tyfloservis, o.p.s.
Ing. Petr Karásek – Tyfloservis Brno, Chaloupkova 7, 612 00 Brno, Tel.: 541212810; e-mail: brno@tyfloservis.cz
Brno Union of the Deaf
Ivan Poláček – Unie neslyšících Brno, Palackého 120, 612 00 Brno, Tel.: 549210499; e-mail: unb@cmjn.cz
Press Releases (in Czech)
Press release no. 1 (from 12/12/2005)
Partner Projects
Information and communication technology as a tool for development of system, structure and quality of education
Doc. RNDr. Danuše Bauerová, CSc., VSB-TU Ostrava
RNDr. Jaroslav Ráček, Ph.D., MU Brno
KAFIRA Association
Registration No.CZ.04.1.03/3.2.15.1/0007
Silent education – Package of e-learning educational courses (not only) for the deaf people
Federation of Parents and Friends of the Hearing Impaired
Registration No. CZ.04.3.07/3.1.01.1/0013
E-learning for Hearing-Impaired Pupils
Labyrint Brno
Registration No. CZ.04.1.03/3.1.15.1/0031
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