Accessible reading materials for grades 1-10 students with print disability through DAISY standard

Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)

Accessible reading materials for grades 1-10 students with print disability through DAISY standard

Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)

YPSA was working on the project to convert text books from class VI-class X, to DAISY digital multimedia format, the contents can again be converted into DAISY full text full audio text books, Braille books and accessible e-books, from the source DAISY file, for the students with visual disability, print disability, learning disability and information disadvantaged group of students. The digital text books were accessible for all including the students with print disability and learning disability. It was cost effective, less time consuming and universally designed so that all children can have an easy access to these reading materials all over the country. Providing the same text in an audio version was a good alternative for many with these problems. Digital talking books were for EVERYONE who needs accessible information & for EVERYONE who loves to READ. Readers can play the audio and simultaneously display and highlight the corresponding text. YPSA, along with Access to Information program (A2I), Prime Minister Office, has produced DAISY digital multimedia books for the student of class-I to class-V which proved much accessible and cost effective than the paper books for the students with print disability and learning disability. So, in this project, YPSA intended to extend the range of text books converted in DAISY multimedia books for the student of class-VI to class-X thus covering the entire secondary level.

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