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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…

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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…

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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…

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Smart Libraries: AI Use in South Korea

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Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping how information is created, accessed and delivered. For libraries, this new technology presents many opportunities…

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30 Years of the DAISY Consortium

DAISY 30th Anniversary 1996-2026
Today, we celebrate an important milestone: 30 years of the DAISY Consortium. Let me briefly take you back to where…

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Do You Really Know DAISY?

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This year we celebrate DAISY’s 30th anniversary, and over that time the work of DAISY has touched the lives of…

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The Missing Voices

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What was previously a specialist tool for assistive technology, text-to-speech (TTS) technology can now be found nearly everywhere. It comes…

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CSUN 2026: Highlights and Takeaways

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The 41st Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference was once again an explosion of innovation and our team were in attendance throughout the…

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CSUN Conference 2026 files

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The DAISY Consortium is delighted to once again support the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference by creating accessible digital versions of the conference materials,…

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Guidelines for Inclusive Library Services

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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has published a new series of Guidelines for Inclusive Library Services…

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