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April 26, 2010
Inclusive Libraries – A step towards making libraries disabled friendly
Filed under: Daisy, Digital Talking Books, Libraries — Webmaster @ 1:41 pmBarrierBreak Technologies presents a whitepaper on Inclusive Libraries in collaboration with Daisy Forum of India (External Website) and AccessAbility (External Website).
About the Whitepaper – Inclusive Libraries
The need to access libraries is not one that we need to contend. Libraries provide us with a vast resource of knowledge whereby a person can access books, periodicals, newspapers, journals, etc. Today with the advent of digital libraries, collections are stored in digital formats and accessible by computers, also.
Persons with disabilities should also have access to both that is physical libraries as well as digital libraries.
Libraries are also a point of access whereby resources can be pooled and used by a large cross-section of the society. Therefore, making libraries inclusive is important for the growth of India’s population.
You can read more on the Whitepaper on: http://barrierbreak.com/whitepaper_inclib.php
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Accessibility Knowledge Series II – DAISY: Books Which Every One Can Read!
Filed under: Accessibility, Accessibility Knowledge Series, Alternate Formats, Assistive Technologies, Daisy, Elderly, Learning, Mobility, Print Disability, Visual — Shilpi Kapoor @ 2:17 pmDAISY: Books Which Every One Can Read!
Any one who has a problem in reading a normal print book can read the book prepared as a DAISY Book. Persons with blindness, low vision, Dyslexia, Learning Disability or those who cannot use both hands due to any disability and thus are not able to hold a book and turn pages can benefit from DAISY Books.
Types of DAISY Books:
- Master document that can be used for creating Braille, large print or DAISY Digital books. These are also called DAISY-xml documents.
- Audio Only DAISY Books: These are advance and new generation talking books.
- Full Text full audio DAISY Books: While listening the books, you can also view the text of what is being spoken.
- Text only DAISY Books: You will need to have a mobile phone or computer or a DAISY Player with Text to speech engine to read such DAISY Books.
Navigation in the book based on sentence, page, chapter or subsection is a unique feature of DAISY Books.
Another advantage of DAISY system is that once the source document is produced, Braille, talking book, large print or e-text versions of the book can be prepared with in minutes.
We can read these books on mobile phones, computers, CD players and dedicated DAISY Players. DAISY books are also available through internet or telephone based libraries.
We can produce DAISY Books using special software for production of DAISY Books. Many of these software are available free of cost. Some of these are sold by companies such as Dolphin Computer Access, Innovative Rehabilitation Technology Inc or Plextalk.
For information on DAISY Forum of India and list of organizations visit: www.daisyindia.org. Bookshare India also provides text only DAISY Books to its members. Or send e-mail to dfi@saksham.org
Reference:
http://www.daisy.org
http://www.saksham.org
http://www.daisyindia.org
This Accessibility Knowledge Series has been provided by Dipendra Manocha, Director of the Regional Resource Centre (New Delhi), DAISY for All
Disclaimer:The views expressed herein are solely those of the author as an individual with interest in accessibility and assistive technology and do not claim to represent those of Techshare India, BarrierBreak Technologies or Net Systems Informatics.
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April 21, 2009
BarrierBreak Technologies (a subsidiary of Net Systems Informatics) becomes a friend of the Daisy Consortium. Another way to show our stand to persons with disabilities.
Filed under: Daisy, General — Shilpi Kapoor @ 2:58 pmThe right to read is important and is applicable to persons with print disabilities. BarrierBreak Technologies (a subsidiary of Net Systems Informatics) has been working with Librariers and Publishers to make books accessible to all in the form of digital talking books.
We have been providing NIMAS and DAISY conversions services to our clients. As a step ahead, we are now Friends of the Daisy Consortium.
You can know more about our conversion services at http://barrierbreak.com/services/conversion.php
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