In our new series of EAA monthly webinars, June 26th saw an overview session of the European Accessibility Act, kick starting the DAISY Countdown series of webinar events in the run up to the EAA coming into force in June 2025.…
Born-Accessible Music Publishing: Enabling the Creation of Accessible Digital Scores
The DAISY Music Braille Project identified the need to develop and promote a ‘born-accessible’ agenda in the mainstream music publishing industry, to help get scores to musicians with print-disabilities in suitable formats. Music scores are typically only published in print,…
EAA Backlist Confusion – Looking at Regional Differences
The European Accessibility Act comes into effect in June 2025, bringing with it a diverse range of requirements designed to improve the accessibility of products and services for people with disabilities. The implications of the legislation reach far beyond the…
Counting Down to the European Accessibility Act
With a little over 12 months to go until the European Accessibility Act comes into force we are excited to bring you the next season of our highly regarded webinar series, entitled, “Counting Down to the EAA”. There is much…
Exploring Artificial Intelligence: Image Descriptions
Artificial Intelligence is currently a hot topic, appearing regularly in the news and often with the promise of changing the world… one way or the other. We are going to examine a few aspects of AI over different articles, but…
Training: Confidently Create Accessible Documents
Instructor led online training for creating accessible documents by the DAISY Consortium Duration: 3 weeks | Language: English This is a instructor-led online training course on creation of accessible Microsoft Word documents. This course will equip you with the…
CSUN Conference 2024 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…
Delivering Talking Books by Telephone
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…
Barriers to Accessible Reading in Developing Countries
At DAISY we are working to facilitate access to information globally, including parts of the world with the most limited access to resources. To ensure the best results we need to understand the current practices, technology, and barriers being faced…
Free Microsoft Tools for Non-Profit Organizations
In almost all sectors around the world, commercial, educational, government, and non-profit, people use Microsoft tools in their daily work. From an accessibility perspective this makes perfect sense with all of the major Microsoft Office applications now offering integrated accessibility…