An event is taking place in October in New Delhi where various aspects of digital publishing according to open standards such as DAISY and EPUB.
Main objective for me to get this international event here in India was that Development community in India could get opportunity to interact with about 30 International experts of this domain which includes Chair of the IDPF and the board members of the DAISY Consortium and we are able to appreciate this open standard effort and participate fully in this direction. Please see below for more details. INCLUSIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS International Daisy technical conference for capacity building in developing countries for making information accessible to all including persons with print disabilities. (October 28-29, 2010 at New Delhi, India) Background In today's knowledge society,the accessibility of content is key to Socio-Economic growth. The Creation of useful and relevant content in local language is not enough. It is important that this content is presented to the end user in the format that they are most comfortable to access it in. The digital technology for storage and dissemination of content is extremely dianamic and has opened up many new possibilities for making content accessible to all in their preferred format. How ever,convertability, adhering to standards such as UNI-code etc. adaptability to various devices etc. are few key elements to realize the full potential ofthis technology. DAISY Consortium for formed in 1996 and has developed standards for accessible digital content. The consortium has also facilitated development of tools for production, distribution and playback of digital content in the user preferred formats. DAISY Consortium members from all round the world have implemented these standards to provide accessible content services in their countries and are moving steadily towards formation of global accessible digital library. Leading experts from all over the world are getting together to share their knowledge in this International DAISY Technical Conference which will be held in New Delhi on October 28 - 29, 2010 OBJECTIVES . To highlight the latest developments in DAISY Standards and to understand its implecations in the development of infrastructure and services for accessible content including Braille, talking books, electronic text and large print. . To understand the usability of DAISY standards in design of inclusive mainstream digital publishing and libraries which are accessible to all population groups to minimize the cost and time lag in making publications available in accessible formats. . To highlight best practice of implementation of DAISY Standards to deliver accessible books, news papers, magazines etc. to persons with print disabilities . To Understand how public information, life saving amergency informationand digital libraries could be made accessible to all. . To facilitate participation of ICT community of developing countries such as from India in development and implementation of global standard such as the DAISY Standard. WHO SHOULD ATTEND . Organisations serving persons with Blindness and other print disabilities . Publishers . Government and Non-government establishments involved in production and dissemination of public information . Government and Non-government agencies related to standards for Information and communication technology . ICT development agencies or companies interested in development of technology for persons with disabilities . Development agencies or companies involved in technologies related to content production and dissemination. . Agencies involved in conversion of hard copy text materials into digital formats and conversion of digital content VENUE (LINK) Jakaranda Hall, India Habitad Center, New Delhi Dates: October 28 and 29, 2010. Last date of registration is September 30, 2010. The registration form is attached with this mail. More details about the conference are available at http://www.daisyindia.org Registration fee for participation is Rs. 300 only. Dipendra Manocha President DAISY Forum of India Saksham Trust 486 Double Storey New Rajinder Nagar New Delhi 110060, India Tel: 011-42411015 _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
