Educational inclusion of visually impaired people through cooperative working and volunteering in the digitization of texts

Abstract

This paper presents an account of an innovative experience in the field of Library System of the Catholic University of Córdoba in order to collaborate in the development of a more inclusive education through a multidisciplinary input. It is voluntary in digitizing and editing of texts for visually impaired in collaboration with Inclusion Program at the University Disability, the Tiflonexos Civil Association and the Red MATE. It starts from the need to make volunteering accessible textbooks, raises the steps taken, the process of digitizing and editing is described, the difficulties encountered and the positive impacts expected are determined. It also raises the importance of multidisciplinary contribution to successfully develop the task.