Visual
Dexterity
Hearing
Language
Learning
Difficulties
United Nations
G3ict (Global
Initiative for
Inclusive ICT)
EC – Mandate 376
UK: Disability
Discrimination
Act (DDA)
Member States
Accessibility
Japan
JIS-X8341
Australia:
Disability
Discrimination
Act
Section 508 Refresh
Section 255 Telecom
U.S. State
Accessibility
i2010 Initiative
OAS / L.A. /
S.A
Country
Policies
New Zealand Government
Web Standards
6
Need recognized in 1988 because
of shortcomings in Swedish
Library Talking Books and Braille
• DAISY =
In 1996 the DAISY Consortium is
formed to create and promote a
new digital talking book standard
Today, DAISY is an ANSI/NISO
standard that’s use is mandated
by law in many areas (e.g. text
books K-12 in the U.S)
Digital Accessible Information SYstem
• Standard for producing accessible and navigable multimedia documents. In
current practice, these documents are Digital Talking Books, digital text books,
or a combination of synchronized audio and text books.
• Using the DAISY Standard, content creators, such as a library serving people
who are blind or visually impaired or a book publisher can produce accessible
and navigable books to meet a variety of reading needs.
<Button
x:Name="openBookButton"
AutomationProperties.Name="Open Book"
AutomationProperties.HelpText="Open a Daisy book
from your local computer"
AutomationProperties.AcceleratorKey="O"
...
<Button>
if(SystemParameters.HighContrast)
ContrastScheme =
ContrastLevel.BlackTextOnWhite;
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