DAISY and Accessibility for Knowledge Hiroshi Kawamura President, DAISY Consortium web: Phone/fax: c/o Assistive Technology Development Organization , Wakaba-cho, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, Japan ITU ASP COE Training Workshop on Inclusive e-Services & e- Applications for Communities, November 2010, Chiang RAI, Thailand, supported by Australian Government

2  Vision: Everybody in the world including persons with print disabilities have equal access to information and knowledge, without delay or additional expenses.  Mission: To develop and promote international standards and technologies which enable equal access to information and knowledge by all people including those with print disabilities and which also benefit the wider community. DAISY Consortium Vision & Mission

3 DAISY Consortium members around the World

Digital Accessible Information System – Open Standard Everybody in the world including persons with print disabilities have equal access to information and knowledge, without delay or additional expenses Hiroshi Kawamura President, DAISY Consortium DAISY is the Best Way to Read and Publish AMIS, a free and open source DAISY player, supports any languages in the world by voice guidance

Hands on a DAISY Player in Nepal

DAISY; reading by Braille

Variety of ways of reading DAISY

Dyslexia support in Stockholm Libraries support people with reading difficulties

DAISY Books at Children’ Room (Stockholm Public Library)

FMLS claims “One book, one DAISY”

Textbook Production in DAISY Way (TPB: Swedish National Library for Talking Books and Braille)

DAISY current users (Print disabilities) Blind or low vision Deaf or hard of hearing Physical disability which prevents handling of printed books Cognitive disabilities (including Dyslexia, ADHD, Autism etc) Intellectual disabilities Psychiatric disabilities Age concerned reading difficulties In temporary situation (including a traveler) Illiterates Using languages that don’t have written scripts (And those with a condition which makes reading books difficult such as driving a car )

DAISY on Youtube Enjoy DAISY Part 1 hvAhttp:// hvA Enjoy DAISY Part 2 K20http:// K20 Enjpy DAISY Part

Information for Knowledge Timing Subject Format Language decision reaction knowledge Libraries and Telecenters

DAISY Standards development DAISY4 June 2011: Mainstreaming with EPUB (EPUB3 15 May 2011) (SMIL 3.0 Dec. 2008) (MathML in DAISY Modular Extension, 2007) DAISY 3, Release 2005 DAISY 3, Release 2002 DAISY 2.02 (2001), Out dated: 2.0 (1998), 2.01 (1999) 18

Main Streaming DAISY Why? ▫Reaching out + Raising the Floor How? ▫Standard development ▫Tools development ▫Legal and economical structure change ▫Issue oriented dissemination strategy: AIDS, Disasters, Education, Poverty, &c. ▫Procurement strategy 19

Main features of DAISY4 20 (1)full specifications including motion pictures, (2)DAISY multimedia including texts, audio and still graphics, (3) audio only with navigation capacity, (4) text only DAISY 4 which is identical to EUB3 (5)DAISY Pipeline 2 will make DAISY4 a single master source file

Consequence of Main Streaming DAISY All e-publications become accessible Feature rich reading becomes a standard Multimodality of reading is guaranteed Indigenous publishing is promoted Waste of resources will be eradicated 21

Challenges Development resources Technology transfer Harmonization of standards Harmonization with Copyrights 22

Article 2: Definitions For the purposes of the present Convention: “Communication” includes languages, display of text, Braille, tactile communication, large print, accessible multimedia as well as written, audio, plain-language, human-reader and augmentative and alternative modes, means and formats of communication, including accessible information and communication technology; “Reasonable accommodation” means necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms; “Universal design” means the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. “Universal design” shall not exclude assistive devices for particular groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed. UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

“ Communication” includes languages, display of text, Braille, tactile communication, large print, accessible multimedia as well as written, audio, plain-language, human-reader and augmentative and alternative modes, means and formats of communication, including accessible information and communication technology; CRPD Article 2

“Reasonable accommodation” means necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms; CRPD Article 2, continued

“Universal design” means the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. “Universal design” shall not exclude assistive devices for particular groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed. CRPD Article 2, continued

Global Forum at WSIS 2005

Bridging the Digital Divide: WSIS WSIS Disability Caucus held Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society in Geneva and Tunis. The forum successfully addressed Internet access, education and training, mobile phone technologies, employment, capacity building, global library of knowledge sharing, social inclusion, multi- stakeholder partnership, accessible multimedia for reading and writing, disaster preparedness, indigenous persons with disabilities, etc, and adopted the Tunis Declaration. 28

Tunis Declaration (WSIS Global Forum) 1. Call upon all governments, private sectors, civil society and international organizations to make the implementation, evaluation and monitoring of all WSIS documents, both from the first and second phase, inclusive to persons with disabilities; 2. Strongly urge that persons with disabilities and our needs be included in all aspects of designing, developing, distributing and deploying of appropriation strategies of information and communication technologies, including information and communication services, so as to ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities, taking into account the universal design principle and the use of assistive technologies; 3. Strongly request that any international, regional and national development program, funding or assistance, aimed to achieve the inclusive information society be made disability-inclusive, both through mainstreaming and disability-specific approaches; 4. Urge all governments to support the process of negotiation, adoption, ratification and implementation of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular through enactment of national legislation, as it contains strong elements concerning information and communication accessibility for persons with disabilities. 29

30 2. Strongly urge that persons with disabilities and our needs be included in all aspects of designing, developing, distributing and deploying of appropriation strategies of information and communication technologies, including information and communication services, so as to ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities, taking into account the universal design principle and the use of assistive technologies; Tunis Declaration, continued

18. We shall strive unremittingly, therefore, to promote universal, ubiquitous, equitable and affordable access to ICTs, including universal design and assistive technologies, for all people, especially those with disabilities, everywhere, to ensure that the benefits are more evenly distributed between and within societies, and to bridge the digital divide in order to create digital opportunities for all and benefit from the potential offered by ICTs for development Tunis Commitments

32 Regional Support Centers: Bangkok, New Delhi Focal Points: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kasakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam AMIS development and localization in more than 20 languages. WSIS /IGFcommitment Implementation of WSIS Plan of Actions and UN CRPD Phuket initiiatives DAISY for All Project

Eu-Japan ICT collaboration event 33 Phuket Conference

Tsunami disasters can be prevented through:  sharing of knowledge and best practices on Tsunami and other disasters,  strong commitment and active participation for contribution of all stakeholders including in particular persons with disabilities to eliminate the loss of lives,  local community-based initiatives for disaster preparedness and  infrastructure building including Tsunami early warning system at all levels to disseminate timely disaster warning to all people concerned,  building of disability friendly infrastructure addressing accessibility issues in all phases of disaster management. Phuket Declaration

In a knowledge-based society, ICT development, which includes assistive technologies and universal design concept, will contribute to the success of disaster preparedness development that will meet the diverse needs of all people including those of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable people including women, children, old people, cultural minorities, tourists, etc. in the community. Such ICT development should be based on internationally- recognized standards that are open, non-proprietary, and have proven track record of accessibility. Phuket Declaration, continued

36 Beneficiaries of DAISY: – Persons with print disabilities – Speakers of minority languages – Speakers of indigenous languages without written scripts – Those who are illiterate ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Award 2008 YouTube video on Award Ceremony

Knowledge is a common asset of human society Synchronized multimedia is the best tool to share knowledge for everybody including persons with disabilities and wider community DAISY Standard is the free, non-proprietary, inter- operative international open standards for Synchronized Multimedia DAISY4 is the best standard for authoring of synchronized multimedia contents which may export contents in diversity of formats required by people in the community Stay tuned on 37 Conclusions