DAISY Consortium - Board Meeting and Technical Conference

INCLUSIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

International DAISY Technical Conference for capacity building in developing countries for making information accessible to all including persons with print disabilities.

(October 28-29, 2010 in New Delhi, India)

Background

In today's knowledge society, the accessibility of content is key to socio-economic growth. The creation of useful and relevant content in local language is not enough. It is important that this content is presented to the end user in the format that they are most comfortable to access it in. The digital technology for storage and dissemination of content is extremely dynamic and has opened up many new possibilities for making content accessible to all in their preferred format. However, convertibility, adhering to standards such as UNI-code etc. adaptability to various devices etc. are few key elements to realize the full potential of this technology.

The DAISY Consortium was formed in 1996 and has developed standards for accessible digital content. The consortium has also facilitated development of tools for production, distribution and playback of digital content in the user preferred formats. DAISY Consortium members from all round the world have implemented these standards to provide accessible content services in their countries and are moving steadily towards formation of global accessible digital library.

Leading experts from all over the world are getting together to share their knowledge in this International DAISY Technical Conference which will be held in New Delhi on October 28 - 29, 2010

OBJECTIVES

To highlight the latest developments in DAISY Standards and to understand its implications in the development of infrastructure and services for accessible content including Braille, talking books, electronic text and large print.
To understand the usability of DAISY Standards in design of inclusive mainstream digital publishing and libraries which are accessible to all population groups to minimize the cost and time lag in making publications available in accessible formats.
To highlight the best practices of implementing DAISY Standards to deliver accessible books, newspapers, magazines etc. to persons with print disabilities
To understand how public information, life-saving emergency information and digital libraries could be made accessible to all.
To facilitate participation of ICT community in developing countries such as India in development and implementation of global standards such as the DAISY Standard.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Organisations serving persons with blindness and other print disabilities
Publishers
Government and non-government establishments involved in production and dissemination of public information
Government and non-government agencies related to standards for information and communication technology
ICT development agencies or companies interested in development of technologies for persons with disabilities
Development agencies or companies involved in technologies related to content production and dissemination
Agencies involved in conversion of hard copy text materials into digital formats and conversion of digital content.

VENUE

Jakaranda Hall, India Habitat Center, New Delhi

Dates: October 28 and 29, 2010.

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