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[19-11-2009] Pilar Costa, Minister of Innovation, the Interior and Justice, awards the European prize 'Access-it 2009' to associations that have implemented SINA II

SINA, with the help of a facial mouse, enables people with reduced mobility to use the computer without the need for any other sort of device.

Pilar Costa, Minister of Innovation, the Interior and Justice and Montserrat Casas, Vice-chancellor of the University of the Balearic Islands, will award the European prize 'Access-it 2009 Good Practice Label' to the associations that have implemented SINA II: APROSCOM, REHACER, ASPROM, Mater Misericordiae, Son Dureta Hospital and the Joan XXIII Centre for Special Education. These prizes are awarded to the best accessibility activities at a European level.

In 2008, the SINA project (Advanced Natural Interaction System) received first prize for Research from the Economic and Social Council of the Balearic Islands (CES) and the 'Access-it' prize from the e-ISOTIS Association thanks to its quality, its alliance with the field of R+D+i, the practical application of new technologies for people with disabilities, and the subsequent social repercussion that it creates.

At the awards ceremony that will be held tomorrow 19th November at 10.30h at the Consolat de la Mar chapel, will be Antoni Roig, Director of the iBit Foundation, and the SINA II project directors, Francisco Perales and Joan Jordi Muntaner.


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