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Exploring Artificial Intelligence: Image Descriptions

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Artificial Intelligence is currently a hot topic, appearing regularly in the news and often with the promise of changing the…

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Training: Confidently Create Accessible Documents

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Instructor led online training for creating accessible documents by the DAISY Consortium Duration: 3 weeks | Language: English   This…

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CSUN Conference 2024 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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Delivering Talking Books by Telephone

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Around the world specialist and mainstream library services are delivering talking books through a variety of ways, from conventional CDs…

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Barriers to Accessible Reading in Developing Countries

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At DAISY we are working to facilitate access to information globally, including parts of the world with the most limited…

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Free Microsoft Tools for Non-Profit Organizations

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In almost all sectors around the world, commercial, educational, government, and non-profit, people use Microsoft tools in their daily work.…

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ICEVI Africa Region 2023 Event Report

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ICEVI Africa Region organised a 3 day conference from 10-12, October 2023 in Nairobi Kenya. Several international development organisations such…

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The Marrakesh Treaty in Action

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Converting printed material to an accessible formats like braille or audio takes time, money, and expertise. The amount of resources…

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Celebrating 10th Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty (W)

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In this special webinar hosted by the IFLA section Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities in collaboration with the DAISY…

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DAISY Board and AGM in Washington 2023

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In May 2023 the board of the DAISY Consortium was generously hosted by the National Library Service for the Blind…

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