News & Events

News & Events

Here you will find the latest news as well as upcoming and previous events.

Accessible STEM using MathCAT

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Mathematics is everywhere, from school textbooks and university courses to science, engineering and everyday life. Yet for many blind and print-disabled people, accessing mathematical content remains unnecessarily difficult. A major…

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Dalia’s Journey: Improving Accessible Reading in Arabic

Illustration: a woman wearing a hijab and headphones sits in a library armchair, listening to an audiobook on a tablet, with a white cane beside her. The screen displays an AI-generated Arabic translation of an excerpt from “On Children” in The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.
Dalia was born and raised in a North African country. Blind from an early age, she attended a school for blind students, where she learnt in braille and quickly developed…

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Collaborative Easy-to-Read Production with AI and Human Experts

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A Production Methodology for Easy-to-Read Books Integrating Global Standards and AI The Easy-to-Read book consists of texts and images adapted to improve comprehension for individuals with developmental disabilities. Currently, the…

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Upcoming Events

ICEVI Africa Conference 2026

September 28, 2026 - October 2, 2026

Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa

M-Enabling Summit 2026

October 5, 2026 - October 7, 2026

Arlington, Virginia, USA

Frankfurt Book Fair 2026

October 7, 2026 - October 11, 2026

Frankfurt, Germany

Workshop on Accessible Manga and Comics

Date: November 10, 2026

Tokyo, Japan

DAISY Board Meeting November 2026

November 11, 2026 - November 12, 2026

Tokyo, Japan

International Conference on the Implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty

November 13, 2026 - November 14, 2026

Tokyo, Japan