The project Eurochance 2 – On-line English, German, Spanish and Italian courses for blind and visually impaired – is a follow-up project to Eurochance 1 and aims to widen the range of language study materials for the blind and visually impaired, first by extending the range of languages into which the existing Intermediate English and German courses are localised and making them available to visually impaired speakers of French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Hungarian and Romanian, providing vocabulary and all explanations in these languages, and secondly by transferring and adapting the content of the Eurochance 1 courses in order to create Spanish and Italian courses. Thirdly the project will provide tutorial support for learners, by adding to the platform the required features within the framework of accessibility and usability for the visually impaired.
The partnership was set up by five partners, each of which plays an important role. Brailcom is the project coordinator of all activities and will be responsible for programming of the project software. MEDIA LT will be responsible for evaluation of the program from the position of blind user. Lawton School will create the Spanish and Italian module, methodology and study plans for tutors. TK will evaluate modules from the language side and will be responsible for project dissemination, and Slovak blind and partially sighted Union will manage the whole evaluation process.
