Tag archive: DAISY XML

Making good on last year's announcement, Microsoft, Sonata Software, and the Digital Accessible Information Systems Consortium (DAISY) have launched the free "Save as DAISY XML" add-on for Microsoft Word 2007, 2003, and Word XP. The converter enables users to save Open XML documents as DAISY XML, a format that that makes text documents more accessible to blind or visually-impaired individuals, or users with various print… Read More

At the TechEd IT Forum 2007 in Barcelona, Microsoft and the Digital Accessible Information Systems Consortium (DAISY) announced a development project that will create a tool enabling Microsoft Word users to convert documents from Open XML format to DAISY XML, the most widely-used format for users who are blind or print-disabled. The move could be an important development to make documents more accessible for blind and visually-impaired… Read More