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The Impact of Low Cost Assistive Technology As we approach the conclusion of our Microsoft supported Low Cost Assistive Technology Project, we have begun to reflected on some of the lessons and discoveries from the journey. A new article on The Impact of Low Cost Assistive Technology highlights just some of the benefits already realised from this project, including: providing two languages with braille support which will propagate to global assistive and mainstream devices. examining the impact of providing textbooks to 14-16 year old students who previously had to rely on teachers and sighted peers for any access to their curriculum. We will be hosting a free webinar on March 29 titled New Options for Accessible Books to Reach More Readers in Low Resource Regions to bring together the wider lessons from this project, along with practical advice and information about new tools. |
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MathML what has changed and why it matters? As a markup language for representing mathematical equations MathML has been around for many years, but for a few reasons it has struggled to see widespread adoption in publishing even though it can provide a flexible and accessible solution. Our article on recent changes in the support for MathML highlights why we may soon see a change in the availability of accessible math in web and ebook content delivered using MathML. |
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DAISY AGM This year our Annual General Meeting will be held on April 9 in Washington, D.C. as well as via a webinar on the Zoom platform. Observers are warmly welcome; registration is required via the simple form at https://daisy.org/agm2023.
In accordance with the articles of the DAISY Consortium, the General Meeting will adopt resolutions by simple majority through open ballot voting of the Full Members present. Voting members attending remotely will be given the status of panelists, so that their microphones can work. The formal business will be conducted first, and then there will be short presentations on some DAISY activities. |
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Quick Links DAISY news, articles and updates: WordToEPUB updated with further language support and new export options EPUBCheck v5 released with support for the EPUB 3.3 specification. Other articles and resources: Microsoft Ability Summit 2023 sessions recordings of all the presentations at the event IFLA LPD call for papers is now open for the August meeting hosted in the Netherlands on the theme of the integration of library services for persons with print disabilities into the services of the public library |
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Upcoming Events March 13-17 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, California, USA March 29 Webinar: New Options for Accessible Books to Reach More Readers in Low Resource Regions April 24-25 NIPI Conference, Malmö, Sweden May 6 Round Table Conference, Sydney, Australia May 29-31 Inclusive Africa Conference, Nairobi, Kenya April 9 DAISY AGM, Washington DC, USA Further events are listed on the DAISY Calendar |
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