What is the DAISY Consortium?

The DAISY Consortium. This short video by John Bond of Riverwinds Consulting discusses the DAISY Consortium and their efforts to assist in developing equitable access to information for people with a print disability.

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Hi there. I am John Bond from Riverwinds Consulting and this is Publishing Defined.

Today I am going to talk about the DAISY Consortium. DAISY stands for Digital Accessible Information System. The Consortium was founded in 1996 and consists of international organizations committed to developing equitable access to information for people with a print disability.

DAISY is a technical standard for digital audiobooks, publications, and computerized text. DAISY is designed to be an audio substitute for print material and is designed for use by people with print disabilities, including blindness, impaired vision, dyslexia and other conditions.

The DAISY format is based on the MP3 and XML. It allows users to search, bookmark, and regulate the speed of speech, with ease. DAISY provides multiple levels of embedded navigation for content, including visuals such as images, graphics, and MathML. With DAISY, navigation is enabled within a hierarchical structure consisting of text synchronized with audio.

DAISY has an impressive list of services including authoring and production tools, conversion tools, hardware playback tools, software playback tools, mobile applications, text-to-speech, validation tools, and more.

With only 10% of all content available in an accessible fashion, publishers, content creators, libraries, governmental organizations and other groups would be well advised to become acquainted with DAISY and incorporate their standards into their workflow. Membership in DAISY will give access to experts, networking opportunities, and expand an organization’s reach. Most importantly, it is a key step in making content accessible to a growing (yet underserved) market.

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