ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL BOOKS
Enabling Accessible Reading for Visually Impaired
Transforming print textbooks into digitally accessible formats
The converted digital content will be part of online library for the Blind and Print Disabled and will benefit tens of thousands of visually challenged individuals for generations.
Join the initiative and make education accessible to all.
Global Visual Impairment Statistics
330 Million
Population with Visual Impairment
80%
Live in Developing Countries
90%
Live in Extreme Poverty
19 Million
Children with visual impairment below 15 years
< 10%
Children with visual impairment have access to education
5%
Children with visual impairment complete School
5%
Print books available in Accessible format
2%
Books available in Braille format
OUR CONTRIBUTIONS
450+
Print books converted into Accessible Digital Format
130000+
Textbook pages converted into Accessible format
8000+
Volunteer Hours
Countless
Visually Impaired students benefited
GOAL IN ACTION
Girl with the laptop is a person with blindness. She is in an inclusive classroom where she is the only student with disability. Rest of the students are reading and writing using normal paper notebook and textbooks, whereas she is doing the same thing using a small size laptop.
Her teacher does not know braille but is able to check what she is reading and writing on the screen of her laptop.
She writes all her assignments and examinations herself without being dependent on scribes.
She would not need any employability training after her regular education as she would be well prepared for employment as part of her education program itself.
Accessible Digital Books
Empowering Visually Impaired
Project Overview
Accessible Digital Books
Proof Reading Rules
Accessible Digital Books
Accessible Books Consortium
Video courtesy: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)