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.