International Telecommunication Union ITU Workshop on Accessibility to ICTs, 23 July 2010, Shanghai, China The Daisy Consortium activities in the field of accessibility Hiroshi Kawamura President The DAISY Consortium International Telecommunication Union Workshop “Accessibility to ICTs”, Shanghai, China, 23 July 2010

International Telecommunication Union The DAISY Consortium DAISY: Digital Accessible Information System ITU Workshop on Accessibility to ICTs, 23 July 2010, Shanghai, China 2 Vision The DAISY Consortium envisions a world where people with print disabilities have equal access to information and knowledge, without delay or additional expense. Mission The DAISY Consortium's mission is to develop and promote international standards and technologies which enable equal access to information and knowledge by all people with print disabilities and which also benefit the wider community.

International Telecommunication Union Current DAISY users Those who are; Blind or low vision Deaf or hard of hearing with Physical disability which prevents handling of printed books with Cognitive disabilities (including Dyslexia, ADHD, Autism etc) with Intellectual disabilities with Psycho-Social disabilities with Age concerned reading difficulties Illiterate temporarily difficult to read texts such as foreign travelers Users of a language that doesn’t have written scripts In addition, those in a “mode” which makes reading a text difficult, i. e. driving a car

International Telecommunication Union DAISY = Accessible Multimedia United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 2: accessible multimedia, reasonable accommodation, universal design ITU Workshop on Accessibility to ICTs, 23 July 2010, Shanghai, China 4

International Telecommunication Union Born of DAISY as a free, open, non- proprietary, inter-operable standards International Federation of Library Associations wanted to promote international inter-library loan of talking books  Section of Libraries for the Blind: 1986 Tokyo, 1995 Toronto Libraries were suffering from vulnerability of talking book collections: Magnetic tapes on a huge magnet Users of professional readings were frustrated with analog cassettes: Navigation issues

International Telecommunication Union ITU Workshop on Accessibility to ICTs, 23 July 2010, Shanghai, China 6 DAISY develops open standards DAISY3 = ANSI/NISO Z DC is the official maintenance body Based around W3C recommendations WAI; Web Accessibility Initiative guarantees accessibility of W3C recommendations

International Telecommunication Union Why open standards? Wider acceptance by industry Free: including least developing countries Open: everybody may use Non-proprietary Inter-operative Sustainability of standards Maintenance through open and transparent process: requirements gathering User participation use case development ITU Workshop on Accessibility to ICTs, 23 July 2010, Shanghai, China 7

International Telecommunication Union Sample DAISY Books DAISY initiative on Combating Against AIDS in South Africa was presented at “ITU Forum on Accessibility & e-Health 2009, Geneva” Resource Manual on HIV/AIDS by DPSA

International Telecommunication Union Example of DAISY multisensory education materials for Tsunami Evacuation Go straight to the point Tell what to do rather than what should not be done Use favorite or familiar  characters  pictures  drawings  voices  favorites  places  tastes  Music, rythm Understanding by brain and by body both

International Telecommunication Union Digital Accessible Information System Everybody in the world including persons with print disabilities have equal access to information and knowledge, without delay or additional expenses DIASY is the Best Way to Read and Publish

International Telecommunication Union Revision of Standards DAISY4 and EPUB ３ Multimedia DAISY EPUB ２ DAISY4 MultimediaDAISY TextDAISY= EPUB ３ TextDAISY= DAISYTalkingBooksDAISYTalkingBooks TextDAISYTextDAISY DAISYTalkingbookDAISYTalkingbook DAISY3

International Telecommunication Union DAISY Pipeline 1 & 2 DAISY Translators (ODF/Open XML to DAISY XML) Obi/Tobi: interactive authoring tool AMIS: Adaptive Multimedia Information System: localization features LGPL licensing policy Open Source Software Development

International Telecommunication Union Disability Caucus in WSIS: Bridging the Divide

International Telecommunication Union WSIS and follow-up World Summit on the Information Society disability focal point Global Forum on Disability IGF, RIO, etc. ITU World Telecom 2009, Geneva ITU Workshop on Accessibility to ICTs, 23 July 2010, Shanghai, China 14

International Telecommunication Union Disaster Session at WSIS in Tunis 2005

International Telecommunication Union International Conference on Tsunami Preparedness of Persons with Disabilities, Phuket, January 2007 & May 2009

International Telecommunication Union Inclusive DRR in Manila

International Telecommunication Union DAISY for All in Developing Countries Accessibility Symposium, Kobe, 2010

International Telecommunication Union World Telecom 2009, 5-9 October, Geneva

International Telecommunication Union World Telecommunication and Information Society Award 2008 YouTube video on Award Ceremony

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24 DAISY Focal Points

International Telecommunication Union Conclusion ITU Workshop on Accessibility to ICTs, 23 July 2010, Shanghai, China 25 DAISY is the best way to read and publish