Projects

Projects

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The DAISY Consortium leads and contributes to a range of projects around the world.

Our current projects include:

  • ABC—contributing to the Accessible Books Consortium governance and delivery
  • Baseline for accessible EPUB3—creating industry-wide specifications for defining ebook accessibility requirements and developing the infrastructure to supporting implementations throughout the whole supply chain
  • Braille File Formats—exploring braille file formats to enhance user experiences
  • EPUBCheck—updating EPUBCheck tool for industry-wide validation requirements
  • EPUB in Higher Education– working group to realize the potential of accessible reading in Higher Education
  • European Inclusive Publishing Forum—collaboration network to support the implementation of the European Accessibility Act as it relates to digital publications
  • Erasmus+ Audio Textbooks Project—collaborative project to support students with dyslexia and other reading disabilities by providing them with digital books in DAISY format
  • Inclusive Publishing Website—DAISY led information and news hub for accessible publishing
  • Microsoft Low-Cost Assistive Technology—multifaceted project delivering solutions to aid the creation of accessible publications in low and middle-income countries
  • Music Braille—working towards improved global solutions for the production and sharing of music braille resources benefitting blind musicians in education, employment and for leisure
  • Reading systems evaluation—the de facto benchmark for testing reading systems accessibility
  • TIES—Transition to an Inclusive EPUB 3 Ecosystem