As part of the DAISY Consortium series of free weekly webinars the April 1st saw a session focusing on the needs of higher education students from the UK, USA, Canada and Ireland during this time when their learning is being…
New EPUB Creation Tool
The publishing and disability communities have in recent years embraced the EPUB format, with “born accessible” digital publications being created globally and enjoyed by consumers using a range of assistive technology. While EPUB has rapidly been adopted by trade, academic,…
CSUN Conference 2020 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…
Welcome to the New Site!
We’re excited to bring you this new and updated website, and even more excited for what is to come as this is just the start. This new site offers a series of significant improvements over our previous site which performed…
30 Years of Accessible Educational Resources at the Open University
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Open University, delivering flexible, innovative teaching and world-leading research in the United Kingdom and in 157 countries worldwide. It’s also the 30th anniversary of the department which creates accessible learning resources, and…
New DAISY Consortium President and Treasurer
As defined in the DAISY Consortium Articles of Association, the roles of DAISY President and Treasurer are elected by DAISY Board members every 4 years. The recent DAISY Board Meeting in Geneva marked the time to elect a new President…
Using Artificial Intelligence for Image Descriptions
Among the various requirements of the specifications for the creation of accessible digital content (WCAG and EPUB Accessibility Guidelines), the alternative description of images is probably the most difficult for publishers as it requires a very specific knowledge and an…
New Zealand’s Journey Towards Born Accessible Publishing
Written by Geraldine Lewis, Library and Studios Manager, Blind Foundation, New Zealand. Thanks to Tom Smith and Joshua Nathan, Blind Foundation, for contributing to this article. Introduction For the past 12 months in New Zealand, a core group of ‘Born…
The Role of Public Libraries in a World of Digital Reading
I’m looking out at the world from Sweden, a 10 million country in the wealthy north Europe, where ebook and audio book retail has had an increase of 50 % of sales per year 2015-2018. The Swedes’ digital book consumption…
Transparency that Empowers
Creating and delivering accessible content for all users is not a new initiative, but recent global trends have seen a more fervent demand for accessible publications to be the mainstream. Achieving this cannot be the work of one publisher, platform,…