Teaching blind people to programme with the aid of ProBIQ : With the "Programming with Borland C++ Builder 5" product, the ProBIQ project partners have for the first time developed a future-oriented vocational qualification for blind and visually challenged people. The curriculum and the teaching and learning materials are available free of charge on a CD-ROM or on the Internet in the four project languages of English, German, Italian and Slovak. The project is based on a market analysis and careful clarification of the "suitability for blind people" of programming language surfaces. This project started in 2000 and lasted 24 months.