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.


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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)