{"id":31975,"date":"2026-09-05T09:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T13:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/retour-sur-une-rencontre-inspirante-avec-arthur-theil-universite-birmingham-city-angleterre\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:52:24","slug":"retour-sur-une-rencontre-inspirante-avec-arthur-theil-universite-birmingham-city-angleterre-4-septembre-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/retour-sur-une-rencontre-inspirante-avec-arthur-theil-universite-birmingham-city-angleterre-4-septembre-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"A recap of an inspiring meeting with Arthur Theil, Birmingham City University \u2013 England | Septembre 4, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\udca1A recap of an inspiring meeting<\/h1>\n

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Yesterday, Walter Wittich<\/a>, a researcher at CRIR-INLB & CRIR-LLMRC, had the pleasure of welcoming Arthur Theil<\/a> du Human-Computer Interaction Research Centre at Birmingham City University (BCU)<\/a> to the Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre (LLMRC) for a captivating talk on the co-design of accessible technologies with people who are blind or have low vision.<\/p>\n

Using real-life examples from his work in digital accessibility, assistive technologies and user experience, Arthur demonstrated just how important it is to design with the people concerned, rather than simply for them.<\/p>\n

THE RESULT?<\/h3>\n

Technologies that meet not only the needs but also the interests of people who are blind or have low vision.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc96 A SPECIAL MENTION for the tactile and audio star map \ud83c\udf20 and the Braille calligram (graphic poem) software\u2712\ufe0f!<\/p>\n

Thank you to Arthur for visiting Montreal and for the fruitful discussions with everyone present in person and online.<\/p>\n

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In the photo (from left to right):
\nRazan Eltayeb<\/a> (CRIR-CRLLM student representative), Prof. Natalina Martiniello, Ph.D., CVRT<\/a> (CRIR-CRLLM and INLB), Prof. Walter Wittich<\/a> (CRIR-CRLLM and INLB), Prof. Arthur Theil<\/a>, Jessica McLeod<\/a> (CRIR-CRLLM student representative) and Andr\u00e9a Faust<\/a> (CRLLM manager).<\/p>\n

___________________________<\/p>\n

CRIR | September 5, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\udca1A recap of an inspiring meeting   Yesterday, Walter Wittich, a researcher at CRIR-INLB & CRIR-LLMRC, had the pleasure of welcoming Arthur Theil du Human-Computer Interaction Research Centre at Birmingham City University (BCU) to the Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre (LLMRC) for…
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