Between 1973 and 1990, there were 6 European conferences on Computerized Braille Production. The first conference was republished as SIGCAPH Newsletter #15 in March 1975 and is available from the ACM. The third conference was widely published, full scans are available as well. The other proceedings are quite rare.
European Braille Conference: papers and recommendations; arranged by the European Regional Committee of
the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind in cooperation with Norges Blindeforbund (the Norwegian Blind
Organization) in Oslo, 26-28 September 1973.
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Presented are seven papers given at a 1973 conference on European braille by the World Council for the
Welfare of the Blind:
Arne Husveg sees braille as a continuing indispensable aid and recommends legislation giving the blind the right to free instruction and materials.
The use of special braille systems of mathematical, physical, and chemical notation are considered by Dr. R. Nikolussi who notes the lack of a uniform international technical braille notation.
J. Vinding examines modern methods and transcribing and printing braille such as computerized reading of inkprint, translating into braille symbols, and printing.
Possibilities for international cooperation discussed by A. Ammannato are the establishment of an European center for the manufacture and sale of braille paper and the free distribution of braille materials among nations.
D. Bell focuses on the importance of providing special periodicals in braille and on tape.
An international survey on the blind person as reader, listener, and buyer of literature is reported by D. Spychalski.
Recommendations from the conference center on: the continuing importance of braille; the importance of special notation, signs, and systems in braille; transcription and printing; the need for cooperation in production; the need for more periodicals for the blind; and the need for improved international lending arrangements.
Additionally recommended by the conference is a World Braille Year in 1975 to further the use of braille.
Proceedings edited by R. A. J. Gildea, G. Hubner, H. Werner; 1974
Proceedings By Helmut Werner, Ed.: Computerized Braille Production, Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop in Copenhagen, September 1974, Schriftenreihe des Rechenzentrums der Universität Münster 30 (1978). [
In Schriftenreihe / Rechenzentrum, Universität Münster; no. 30, Rechenzentrum der Universität Münster, 1978, International Workshop on Computerized Braille Production; (Copenhagen, Denmark): 1974.09.
Slaby, W.A. The Labeled MARKOV System: A concept to formalize translation processes Pages 12-18.
Vinding J.; Braille Printing Program System Description; Copenhagen: Dansk Blindesamfund, Computerised Braille Production, 1974.
Vinding J.; Braille Translation Program System Description; Copenhagen: Dansk Blindesamfund, Computerised Braille Production, 1974.
Proceedings edited by Croisdale, Derrick W., Herman Kamp, and Helmut Werner; papers presented in London, 1979, printed by Springer-Verlag, 1983.
CHRISTOPHERSEN J.; The Nord Braille system. Computers and Braille Conference, Toulouse, France, Sept 1981.
GILL J M "Microprocessor Braille Systems". Computers and Braille Conference, Toulouse, France, Sept 1981.
DEBRAINE P. "L'avancement du system INSTININJV International seminar "Computing and Rraille" sept. 1981., TOULOUSE, FRANCE.
DUBUS J.P. "Dispositif autonome de traduction en Braille intégral et abrégé" International seminar "computing and Braille sept. 1981, TOULOUSE, FRANCE.
FRONTIN J. "Présentation d'un logiciel de transcription de la musique en Braille". International seminar "computing and Braille" sept. 1981, TOULOUSE, FRANCE.
HAMPSHIRE, Barry, "Some current Projects at the Printing House of the Swedish Federation of the Visually Handicapped", Computers and Braille Conference, Toulouse, France, Sept 1981.
LARSEN, Kari. "Handitext--An inexpensive Reading Machine for the Blind. Computers and Braille Conference, Toulouse, France, Sept 1981.
LIROU P. "L'ordibraille" International seminar "Computing and Braille" sept. 1981, TOULOUSE, FRANCE.
MEEKEL J. "Un système de production de textes mathématiques en Braille" International seminar "computing and Braille" sept. 1981, TOULOUSE, FRANCE.
SULLIVAN, Joseph E. "The Duxbury Translator: New Directions in New Environments." Computers and Braille Conference, Toulouse, France, Sept 1981.
In: Schriftenreihe des Universitäts-Rechenzentrums; 1, Univ.-Rechenzentrum, 1986, International Workshop on Computerized Braille Production; 5 (Winterthur): 1985.10.30-11.01
P. Blenkhorn, "Personal Transcription Systems" presented at Computerised Braille Production, The Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop, Winterthur 1985.
Gill J M The Integrated Production of Braille, Moon and Large Print. Proceedings of Fifth International Workshop on Computerised Braille Production, Winterthur, Switzerland, 1985, pp 123-125.
Proceedings edited by G. Francois and J. Engelen, 1990