IN2 is an innovative SME providing AI-based software solutions and tools for simplifying how businesses and people collect, organise, discover and present digital content. The company covers the whole spectrum of application development and provisioning from design, user interaction, software development and deployment from its own private cloud (DevOps). The core technology consists of an in-house AI-based content indexing, analysis, automatic annotation, management and publishing platform for all types of media (photos, videos, documents, audio files) and data streams.

With the IN2 platform we can realise many rich media applications offerings including: complete and easy to customise solutions for storing, managing, annotating and publishing of cross-media content, semantic annotation and tagging of images, time-based annotations and metadata of video files, document enhancement for assistive service support, map-based interfaces and search for geo-tagged photos, hyperlocal social interaction and sharing, search facilities beyond textual metadata and descriptions, faceted browsing and tailored visualisations of digital collections; and simplified navigation of vast digital assets, enabling speedy and smooth user access.

IN2 has extensive experience in R&D projects that are ongoing or concluded successfully in the past, both as coordinator and lead technological partner in education and accessibility, delivering, among others, tools for data and audio analysis, podcast aggregation, content search and presentation and advanced user interfaces personalised to 

The Giuseppe Paccini ETS Association is a non-profit cultural association based in Verona, Italy, whose main activity is the design and development of software solutions for blind students. Paccini, in particular, has developed the LAMBDA system for mathematics and the Braille Music Editor, two projects that have resulted in the creation of software still widely used in many European schools today, more than 20 years after their inception. The association organises training courses and provides consultancy to teachers and users, transcribing music books into digital Braille.

Within the Paccini Association, there are expert teachers in special education, music, and support, as well as two programmers experienced in the field of interfaces for blind users. Members and partners of the Paccini Association have long collaborated on other projects with partners such as EKMS, IN2, the University of Toulouse, and European blind associations including ONCE (Organización Nacional de Ciegos), ACAPO (Portuguese Blind Union), and EBU (European Blind Union).

The tradition of music education in Brescia began in 1864 with the establishment of the "Venturi" Parity Music Institute, the first institution to guarantee "free education for the people" in music within the city. This tradition continued with the Luca Marenzio Conservatory of Music, offering a richer and more qualified educational program. It provides basic training courses for students aged 7 to 12 and preparatory courses for students aged 12 to 19 to promote access to academic courses. The Conservatory has a close collaboration with the local Music High School, whose students attend classes at the conservatory.

The Brescia Conservatory offers a series of additional activities within the "Institute Project," which includes a department of special education and pedagogy, generating seminars and masterclasses on specific topics of special education and access to music for blind students. The music students at the conservatory number around 600 with a teaching staff of 120 instructors. The Brescia Conservatory is an "Institute of Higher Artistic and Musical Education" and has increased its production activities and presence in the territory, paying special attention to inclusion by activating a centre for the reception and educational production for students with special educational needs. The Conservatory is also a training centre for teaching qualifications, providing initial training for over 300 students annually who intend to become future teachers for all levels of schooling, including music high schools and middle music schools. Additionally, it organises continuing education courses for primary and secondary school teachers and educational staff (certified continuing education); conducts disciplinary research and research on educational methodologies in the field of music; and participates in international cooperation actions.

The Edwin Kowalik Music Society is a non-governmental organisation consisting of 40 members, both blind and sighted. It was set up in 1998, by a group of blind and sighted music lovers, dedicated to continuing Edwin Kowalik’s effort to promote the activity of blind musicians – those still in education and those performing music either as amateurs or professionals. The patron of the organisation (1928-97) was a prominent blind pianist. In 1955 he was distinguished with a special award in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. In 1957 he represented Poland at the International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro and won the sixth prize. From 1957 onwards, in addition to his artistic activity Edwin Kowalik was involved in the musical life of the Polish blind, working as an editor of both Braille music and a periodical at the Polish Association of the Blind. A great number of Braille musical manuals and different kinds of scores containing vocal and instrumental music were also published under his guidance. They are available in the Central Library for the Blind in the paper form only.

The aim of the society is to support and promote the active participation of blind people in music. This is done by:

The St. Barnabas school for the blind is a non-profit educational organisation located in Nicosia. It is the only school in Cyprus for individuals with Visual Impairments (VI) and has been offering services since 1960. The school provides primary, secondary, and adult education. Currently, it provides services to 132 students (young and adult learners) on the premises and support services to 150 students attending the mainstream school settings, with a total of 57 staff and teachers. Some of the activities offered include empowerment and well-being classes, a help and support centre (Telephony Department), adult education with 35 different subjects (including computers, Greek, English, and Braille languages, music, cooking, arts and handicraft lessons, fashion, carpentry, theatre, dancing, gymnastics, archery, gardening, and graphic design), support services for young students attending the mainstream school settings (material adaptation/ Braille, teacher support, environmental audits etc), Braille printing studio, music studio for recording and transcription services in Braille language, psychological counselling, and a program for deaf-blind people.