Report by Dipendra Manocha Director Developing Countries DAISY Consortium ABC areas of focus Inclusive Publishing Advocacy and promotion to support the goal of born accessible ID: 751669
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ABC Capacity Building Projects
Report
by
Dipendra
Manocha
Director (Developing Countries)
DAISY ConsortiumSlide2
ABC areas of focus
Inclusive Publishing
-- Advocacy and promotion to support the goal of ‘born accessible’
publishingGlobal Book Service -- International database of fully accessible books contributed by participating ‘Authorized Entities’ for the purpose of exchangeCapacity Building – Advancement of technical skills in developing and least developed countries to support accessible book production
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ABC Charter for Accessible Publishing
ABC International Excellence
Award
for Accessible PublishingTraining for publishers
Starter Kit for Developing Countries
Guidelines for Self-Publishing Authors
Inclusive PublishingSlide4
CAPACITY BUILDING
Objectives are:
Availability of content in least developed countries
Building basic library infrastructure to bring in efficiency and accountabilityCompatibility with international standardsHolistic solution of Kit, Content and ConfidenceFill technology gapsSlide5
CHALLENGES
Lack of library infrastructure with registration of members with
bonafide
print disabilities and book distribution system and recordsLack of capacity to produce accessible digital booksNo connectivity with publishers. Thus all accessible books were to be republished from scratchTechnology gaps of TTS, OCR, screen reading software, DAISY players and braille conversion software in local languagesLack of holistic solutionBraille presses not connected to new digital book resourcesSlide6
Countries
Argentina
Bangladesh
BotswanaBurkina FasoIndiaIndonesia
Nepal
MexicoMongoliaSri LankaUruguay
VietnamSlide7
Training
provided
to
NGOs, publishers, departments of educationFunding provided to produce educational materials in national languages
Accessible formats for
different needs
ActivitiesSlide8
Results
Over 8000 educational books will have been produced by December 2018 in 12 countries over five years
Partners capable of producing more accessible books and train othersSlide9
Case
Study
– Seema Slide10
Accessible Books Consortium
Implementing the objectives of the Marrakesh Treaty at a practical level
Contact information for ABC Global Book Service:
Ms. Monica HalilAccessible Books ConsortiumWorld Intellectual Property Organization34, chemin des Colombettes1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
E-mail:monica.halil@wipo.intAccessible.Books@wipo.int www.AccessibleBooksConsortium.org
Thank You
Dipendra
Manocha
Director- Developing countries
Daisy Consortium
Email: dipendra.manocha@gmail.com
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