The DAISY standards also make figures, graphics and equations machine - readable and thus accessible to the blind through a range of software and devices, including refreshable braille, embossing printers and tactile tablets.
The APS is one of the few publishers to have experimented with using
DAISY standards so far.
The DAISY standards are a set of specifications for formatting digital documents that allow for unrivalled speech - based access to texts.
It took fourteen years from the first
DAISY standard to integration with a mainstream publishing format, after all.
A designation of conformance to
the DAISY Standard which outlines the required functionality and advanced features that describe and define both a conforming DAISY Reading System (player) and a conforming DAISY DTB.
In its latest upgrade, EPUB 3 has embraced all accessibility features present in
the DAISY standard.
Not exact matches
EPUB 3 incorporates the Digital Accessible Information System (
DAISY) Consortium
standards that many organizations for blind people use to convert books and other published content to accessible formats.
The specialist
standard format developed by the
DAISY Consortium for use in the creation of accessible versions for the print impaired; the
DAISY Consortium is a not - for - profit organisation which represents libraries for people with print disabilities.
The
DAISY Consortium embraces the principles of worldwide collaboration and transparency that define open
standards development.
Beginning with EPUB 3.0, the primary accessible publishing
standard,
DAISY DTBook and the primary commercial publishing format merged.
DAISY is partnering with the publishing industry to create an accessibility baseline for digital publications, and developing a suite of industry -
standard accessibility tools to integrate into the regular publishing process.
It effectively replaces the
DAISY implementation as there is no
DAISY connection in the version 3
standard.
In fact,
DAISY Secretary General George Kerscher is also the president of the IDPF, and their partnership means that EPUB 3 will supersede
DAISY DTBook as the
standard delivery format for accessible content.
Additionally, EPUB reuses several other
standards, such as XHTML version 1.0 and Digital Accessible Information SYstem (
DAISY), for specific types of content within the EPUB archive.
The group developed
DAISY for persons who have limitations that make it difficult or impossible to read
standard print, including those who are blind or visually impaired, have cognitive dysfunctions such as dyslexia, as well as limited motor skills making it hard to hold a book or turn pages.
The
DAISY Consortium, founded in 1996, is an international organization that develops, maintains, and promotes
standards and technologies designed to provide all people with equal access to information.
DAISY, which stands for Digital Accessible Information System, is a set of
standards developed to make written materials such as books more accessible to people with print disabilities.
NCX had come to EPUB from
DAISY's DTBook
standard and was a crucial navigational aide.
DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) is an internationally recognized accessible multimedia publishing system /
standard that has opened up a much wider choice for reading for individuals unable to use
standard print publications.
Designed to assist content providers at any stage in their workflow, Ace by
DAISY will make it easier to produce higher quality, more accessible EPUB content files that meet internationally recognized
standards.
They support various formats and
standards of ebooks such as PDF, ePUB2, ePUB3 (free - flow and fixed - layout), HTML5, SCORM, TinCan API,
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