UPMC
- University "Pierre et Marie Curie" 
University "Pierre et Marie Curie" is a first
scientific and medical University of France is situated in Paris.
With 34000 students it is a biggest university in France and it dispose of a remarkable potential for scientific training.
In the building of the university is about 250 laboratories, witch some 3000 researchers. The name of the laboratory where work Dominique ARCHAMBAULT et Dominique BURGER is INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medical) U 483, has 15 researchers and 10 engineers and technicians and two major research orientations : the understanding the human sensory-motor functions and human computer integration, developing technical rehabilitation tools.
BNET
- Association BrailleNet 
The French BrailleNet association (1997) was
set up to encourage the use of Internet in the education of visually impaired
people at the school, at the university, or professional training.
BrailleNet's network clusters a lot of French
special schools for blind et visually impaired children , associations
of blind people and associations of parents of blind children, which are
targets of VICKIE project.
BRM-
Regina Margherita National Library 
for the Blind in Monza
The "Bibliotheca Italiana per Ciechi Regina Margarita" was funded in 1928 by the Italian Union of the Blind.The Library for the Blind delivers same
services as Braille transcription of various kind of text, production
of school texts, several magazines. It has 13 resource centres distributed
in the whole country, helping teachers and parents, demonstrating the
use of learning aids.
CRS4-
Centro di Ricerca in Sardinia 
Centro di Ricerca in Sardinia based in Cagliary,
Italy. The centre develops and applies innovative solutions across a broad
range of important areas by leveraging its key strengths in several scientific
and technological disciplines. These areas encompass large-scale computational
problems that require application of advanced simulation techniques supported
by High Performance Computing and the timely integration of newly emerging
Information and Communications Technology. The focus is on problems stemming from natural, social and industrial environments. The aim is the development and analysis of appropriate mathematical models, their numerical solution by advanced algorithms and innovative software tools for programming and visualisation, as well as the validation and assessment of results based on benchmark problems.
SJS-St
Joseph's School for the Visually Impaired 
St Joseph's School for the Visually Impaired
is located in Dublin, Ireland, it is a centre of education and learning
for people with a visual impairment.
St Joseph's School for the Visually Impaired seeks through education, training and social care to provide students with the knowledge, skills and confidence to fulfill their individual potential, so each can lead the life of his choice.
EB
- Eurobraille 
Eurobraille SA is a French company. Since its start in 1990, Eurobraille has concentrated on the production of standalone devices for the blind that hold within themselves a certain number of applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a diary, a calculator etc…
The range of products manufactured includes portable and desktop devices. Eurobraille devices always have a Braille display for data output and either a Braille keyboard or a standard keyboard for data input.
The quality of its products and of its service policy has made Eurobraille
the dominant actor on the French market and well established in Belgium
and Germany. Eurobraille is also a supplier to several Telephone Exchange
manufacturers who provide solutions to blind operators. Eurobraille has
always designed both the hardware and software parts of its products.
In 1997 and 1998 Eurobraille obtained a contract from Microsoft to produce
kernel elements specific for accessibility, because of Eurobraille expertise
in Windows applications for blind users.
Eurobraille is a highly profitable company with a steady record of growth
in sales.
In France, with few exceptions, the entire school system has gradually
switched to Eurobraille's equipment for blind students.