ORIENTATION PROGRAM ON PRODUCTION OF ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKS IN DAISY FORMAT Satyajeet Singh.

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ORIENTATION PROGRAM ON PRODUCTION OF ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKS IN DAISY FORMAT Satyajeet Singh

People with print impairments cannot read the standard print because of:  Visual Impairment (blindness or low vision)  Cognitive disabilities such as dyslexia, autism, slow learners, ADHD, etc  Physical disabilities that limit one’s ability to hold a printed book  Old Age

Braille Books Large print book Audio Cassettes MP3 format audio CDs Accessible electronic books (e-books) HTML-based books DAISY Talking Books

 Structure: sequential and hierarchical structure of the publication  Navigation: Global and Local  Rich Reading Experience

DAISY IS THE BEST WAY TO READ & PUBLISH  Accessible for individuals unable to read standard print  Navigable, providing direct access to specific points such as pages and enabling readers to move from heading to heading, page to page, paragraph to paragraph, phrase to phrase and/or word to word.  A DAISY book reflects, as closely as possible, the original print publication

 Jumping to any page of the book  Jumping to next or previous chapter or sub- section  Moving to next or previous sentence  Moving to next or previous phrase or even character

Advanced Functionality  ‘Go to page’  Bookmarking  Speed up/slow down without distortion  An all-inclusive format.

 DAISY is for all ages, languages and for all purposes: ◦ Pre-school ◦ Elementary and secondary school ◦ Post-secondary ◦ Career, start to finish ◦ Retirement

Combined text and audio can increase learning effectiveness by nearly 50% United Nations recommends DAISY for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) serving persons with disabilities.

DAISY Forum of India is a forum of Not for Profit organizations from India started in These organizations are involved in production and distribution of books and reading materials in accessible formats for persons who cannot read normal print.

 Full audio with Navigation  Text and no audio  Full audio and full text

Hardware Options Examples  PlexTalk Portable Recorder  Victor Stream  Victor Stratus  Milestone  Holisen Text Player  Can also be played track-wise on normal CD/mp3 players for those who do not have Daisy players.

Mobile Options  For Symbian Nokia phones  Nuance DAISY2Go  For Android ◦ DAISY / EPUB Reader ◦ Darwin DAISY Reader App ◦ Go Read  For iPhone, iPod touch and iPad ◦ Daisylezer App ◦ DaisyWorm App ◦ Learning Ally Audiobook Player App ◦ Read2Go App

Software Options  AMIS  Dolphin Ease Reader  eClipse Reader  TAB Player  FS Reader  Read Hear Many more…

 My Studio PC  Obi  Microsoft Save as DAISY  Tobi  Dolphin Publisher Many more…