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ia universitatisFigure 1: AD HOC home page (https://adhoc.ireason.mk/).
universal design and cultur al her itage 29
for persons with disabilities. The general goal of Within this project, a platform was creat-
this project was to bring archaeological cultural ed. This platform is a web-based platform that
heritage closer to the public, including different allows quick access to information related to ar-
categories of the population, preferably through chaeological sites and cultural heritage in Mac-
on-line courses. The project objectives were relat- edonia, Greece, Slovenia and Italy. It increas-
ed to: Digitization of the cultural heritage in for- es the level of knowledge in terms of flexibility,
mats accessible to all and hence enabling on-line perception and simplicity for the visitors that are
and distance learning as well as long life learning: deaf, blind or intellectually disabled (Karovska
Fostering quality improvements and excellence Ristovska et al. 2021). This software is an open
in innovation at the high education institution source system for building and presenting infor-
level through enhanced transnational cooper- mation collections. It builds collections of effec-
ation between education and training provid- tive full-text search objects and metadata-based,
ers and other stakeholders; Promoting the cul- attractive and easy-to-use search objects. In ad-
tural heritage and its values among persons with dition, they are easily maintained and can be en-
disabilities and improve their level of key com- larged and restored completely automatically.
petences and skills, in particular with relevance The system is extensible: software plugins con-
to the labour market and their contribution to tain different types of documents and metada-
a cohesive society; Creating innovative ways for ta. The software includes an interface that makes
sharing effective methods in learning and recog- it easy for people to create their own library col-
nizing culture and history for people with few- lections. Collections can be built and serviced
er opportunities (visual problems, hearing prob- locally from the user’s own web server, or (sub-
lems and intellectual problems), addressing the ject to appropriate permissions) remotely shared
opportunities and implications of digitaliza- by a digital library host. This software allows in-
tion; Fostering the inclusion of people with few- corporation of additional plug-ins. Hence, two
er opportunities; Fostering equality in learning plug-ins were added for: Persons with impaired
culture and history and foster the inclusion of vision (by using text-to-speech which is different
people with fewer opportunities; Fostering so- for different languages); Persons with impaired
cial and educational value of European cultur- hearing (by adding videos on sign language for
al heritage, its contribution to job creation, eco- each narrative or story). A simplified web-page
nomic growth and social cohesion; Promote and was created for persons with intellectual disabil-
strengthen knowledge and acceptance of diversi- ity (Stanojkovska-Trajkovska et al. 2017).
ty in society.
Over the past ten years, rapid innovations
in text-to-speech (TTS) technologies have creat-
universal design and cultur al her itage 29
for persons with disabilities. The general goal of Within this project, a platform was creat-
this project was to bring archaeological cultural ed. This platform is a web-based platform that
heritage closer to the public, including different allows quick access to information related to ar-
categories of the population, preferably through chaeological sites and cultural heritage in Mac-
on-line courses. The project objectives were relat- edonia, Greece, Slovenia and Italy. It increas-
ed to: Digitization of the cultural heritage in for- es the level of knowledge in terms of flexibility,
mats accessible to all and hence enabling on-line perception and simplicity for the visitors that are
and distance learning as well as long life learning: deaf, blind or intellectually disabled (Karovska
Fostering quality improvements and excellence Ristovska et al. 2021). This software is an open
in innovation at the high education institution source system for building and presenting infor-
level through enhanced transnational cooper- mation collections. It builds collections of effec-
ation between education and training provid- tive full-text search objects and metadata-based,
ers and other stakeholders; Promoting the cul- attractive and easy-to-use search objects. In ad-
tural heritage and its values among persons with dition, they are easily maintained and can be en-
disabilities and improve their level of key com- larged and restored completely automatically.
petences and skills, in particular with relevance The system is extensible: software plugins con-
to the labour market and their contribution to tain different types of documents and metada-
a cohesive society; Creating innovative ways for ta. The software includes an interface that makes
sharing effective methods in learning and recog- it easy for people to create their own library col-
nizing culture and history for people with few- lections. Collections can be built and serviced
er opportunities (visual problems, hearing prob- locally from the user’s own web server, or (sub-
lems and intellectual problems), addressing the ject to appropriate permissions) remotely shared
opportunities and implications of digitaliza- by a digital library host. This software allows in-
tion; Fostering the inclusion of people with few- corporation of additional plug-ins. Hence, two
er opportunities; Fostering equality in learning plug-ins were added for: Persons with impaired
culture and history and foster the inclusion of vision (by using text-to-speech which is different
people with fewer opportunities; Fostering so- for different languages); Persons with impaired
cial and educational value of European cultur- hearing (by adding videos on sign language for
al heritage, its contribution to job creation, eco- each narrative or story). A simplified web-page
nomic growth and social cohesion; Promote and was created for persons with intellectual disabil-
strengthen knowledge and acceptance of diversi- ity (Stanojkovska-Trajkovska et al. 2017).
ty in society.
Over the past ten years, rapid innovations
in text-to-speech (TTS) technologies have creat-
