10% of people in the developed world and 15% in the developing countries have some degree of print disability. These are people with visual impairments, with dyslexia, with motor disabilities or with age related macular degeneration which can seriously affect their ability to read. The publishing landscape is becoming much more user-oriented. Today’s readership needs to [...]
Find out about the commercial, ethical and legal reasons for implementing accessibility into your organization’s publishing strategy and the benefits to be gained from doing so. There are several sources of guidance and best practices available from organizations like the Publishers Association, JISC TechDis, EDItEUR, WIPO and others. Check out the resources available on the RNIB website.
Bill Kasdorf {Aptara] wrote: “EPUB 3 was created from the outset to address issues of accessibility, and experts from the DAISY Consortium have been instrumental in the development of the spec. An important benefit of this close collaboration is that in its update of DAISY (which is a NISO standard), the Consortium expects to specify [...]
Save as DAISY add-in enables users to convert Microsoft Word documents into multimedia publications for the print disabled that are compatible with existing tools and standards. By making the tool available at no cost, the DAISY Consortium is helping to provide equal access to information for all members of society. . Save as DAISY for [...]
Kareem A. Dale is the CSUN Conference Featured Speaker on Thursday, March 17 from 12:45 PM to 1:30 PM in the Manchester Ballroom. Mr. Dale is the Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy. 9:20 – 10:20 AM PST Beginner Room: Connaught 7 Reasons Why 2011 will be a Good Year for Math Accessibility [...]
Shilpi Kapoor (BarrierBreak Technologies, N-Syst) shared why children with learning disabilities find it difficult to learn as they adjust to different tools and user interfaces: Word prediction tools Proofreading programs Symbol learning tools Speech synthesizers etc. Cloud Computing may be a solution as tools and settings can be saved in the cloud. Benefits: One log [...]
The 2011 Conference Chair, Dr. Arthur I. Karshmer opened the CSUN conference with a moment of silence in memory of the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. The keynote panel was moderated by Mike Paciello and included Paul P. Schafer, Mohammed Al-Tarawneh and Axel Leblois. Panelists provided an international perspective on closing the gap between assistive technology and information and communication [...]