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- USD 100 per person
- USD 75 (discounted rate for DAISY member)
- USD 50 (discounted rate for low- or middle-income country)
- USD 0 (apply for a sponsored course place)
What you will learn
- Understand how people with disabilities use digital documents
- Identify the digital barriers due to which persons with disabilities are not able to access certain content
- Understand the guidelines for creating accessible documents
- Learn to create structured Word documents making use of various in-built styles
- Know more about image description
- Learn to use the Microsoft Accessibility Checker to test documents for accessibility
- Learn to create highly accessible Microsoft Word and PDF documents
- Know more about conversion to other accessible formats like EPUB
What you get
- Five online sessions with an expert trainer
- A comprehensive package of standards documents, guidelines, step-by-step tutorials, sample files, best practice examples and Checklists will be provided as take-away material.
- Certificate from DAISY Consortium after successfully completing the course
Who should join?
The DAISY Consortium global vision is for equal access to information and knowledge regardless of disability. In particular the following audiences will be especially relevant for this training:- People working in NGOs, disability activists and accessibility professionals
- Organizations in low- and middle-income countries that are embracing digital inclusion
- International Development organizations, including UN bodies
- DAISY member organizations offering development opportunities for their staff and volunteers
Prerequisites to join the course
Ensure that you have the following in place before registering for this training.- A desktop or laptop computer with Windows 11 or 10 Operating System
- Microsoft Word version 2010 or higher
- Internet connectivity suitable for attending online meetings
How to register
To register for this course complete the online registration form. In the form choose your preferred course start date and the fees applicable for you. You will receive an email with invoice and link to pay the fees online. If you apply for seat in a sponsored batch, you will be notified when such batches start. Read MoreThe DAISY Consortium is delighted to once again support the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference by creating accessible digital versions of the conference materials, and offering them for download in HTML, DAISY 2.02 and EPUB formats. Thanks to the CSUN Conference Team for making the information available in advance to facilitate conversion.
The catalogue of conference materials is available in Dolphin EasyReader and Thorium Reader apps. Alternatively, this page contains a complete list of downloadable files, which are shown with their approximate size. Downloads start immediately after a link is selected.
All session information should be reviewed alongside the addendum on the CSUN website for changes to the schedule.
The audio versions of the conference resources were produced using the Azure AI voice Andrew. You can listen to a sample of this voice below:
Download and read in Dolphin EasyReader (Android, iOS, Windows)
If you don’t already have it, download the free EasyReader App.
Navigate to “Manage libraries” and enable “CSUN 2024”. Then browse the catalogue and select the materials you wish to download. These will be added to “My books”.
Download and read in Thorium Reader (Linux macOS, Windows)
If you don’t already have it, download the free Thorium Reader App.
Navigate to “Catalogs” and select “Add an OPDS feed”. Give the feed a name (such as “CSUN 2024”), enter the link “https://daisy.org/csundocs”, and then select “Add”. Then browse the catalogue and select the materials you wish to download. These will be added to “My books”.
Download files from the DAISY website to read with your choice of app or device
Entire conference program and menus
HTML version .zip file (13MB)
EPUB text only version .zip file (10MB)
EPUB text and audio version .zip file (409MB)
Conference information in DAISY 2.02 format [.zip files]
General Information (17MB)
Pre-conference Sessions (4MB)
Advertisements (3MB)
Combined Sessions (141MB)
Tuesday Sessions (31MB)
Wednesday Sessions (40MB)
Thursday Sessions (41MB)
Friday Sessions (30MB)
Speaker Index (11MB)
Exhibitor Directory (22MB)
Exhibitor Directory by Category (8MB)
Quick Guide By Date (10MB)
Quick Guide By Room (12MB)
Quick Guide By Topic (42MB)
Quick Guide By Level (10MB)
Fresh Bites – In Room Dining (2MB)
nFuse (7MB)
Slice Pizzeria (0.5MB)
The Market (1MB)
Around the world specialist and mainstream library services are delivering talking books through a variety of ways, from conventional CDs to streaming content via dedicated devices, apps on smart phones, or home assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Home. These established services are all working well around the world, however a new service from Delhi in India has adopted a different approach for some very good reasons.
The users of the National Association for the Blind in Delhi (NAB Delhi) are using a new interactive service to access their audiobooks through a conventional telephone call.
NAB Delhi identified that, while the majority of their users didn’t have easy access to the types of devices utilized by users of other library services, most did have easy access to a phone with calls at low and sometimes no extra cost in cases where unlimited calls are already included in their monthly bill.
Users of the system can call a dedicated number and use an interactive voice response system to select and read their preferred DAISY format books, newspapers and magazines, using the telephone keypad to control playback.
The system enables easy access to audio information without the need for IT skills, training in specialist devices, or even an internet connection. The pilot project offering capacity for 100 lines has already seen some positive results and the project is being scaled-up to offer a wider range of services to more users.
Plans include using the system to provide public information including disaster preparedness, as well as expanding the content available to include educational material. The service will also be the only place that people with print disabilities in the region can access newspapers and magazines within hours of publication.
Further information about the project is available on the NAB Delhi website.
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