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Accessible STEM using MathCAT

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 international initiative is now working to change that. The DAISY…

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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’s Journey: Improving Accessible Reading in Arabic

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 a love of reading. When a book was not available…

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

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 production of Easy-to-Read books relies heavily on manual work by…

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Smart Libraries: AI Use in South Korea

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping how information is created, accessed and delivered. For libraries, this new technology presents many opportunities as well as questions about how to best adopt and make use of it responsibly. Making accessible books remains a…

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30 Years of the DAISY Consortium

Today, we celebrate an important milestone: 30 years of the DAISY Consortium. Let me briefly take you back to where it all began. In the late 1980s, the Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille recognized a growing frustration among…

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Do You Really Know DAISY?

This year we celebrate DAISY’s 30th anniversary, and over that time the work of DAISY has touched the lives of millions of people all around the world. Many know DAISY through their interactions with our member organizations, from a specific…

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The Missing Voices

What was previously a specialist tool for assistive technology, text-to-speech (TTS) technology can now be found nearly everywhere. It comes as standard on smart speakers, phones, vehicles, computers, and continues to be one of the most important tools for people…

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CSUN 2026: Highlights and Takeaways

The 41st Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference was once again an explosion of innovation and our team were in attendance throughout the conference. DAISY CTO, Avneesh Singh, shares with us an overview of the sessions he joined. Digital Accessibility Trends and Insights…

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CSUN Conference 2026 files

The 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…

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Guidelines for Inclusive Library Services

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has published a new series of Guidelines for Inclusive Library Services for Persons with Print Disabilities, which provides a practical framework to support libraries of all types to provide inclusive library…

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