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DAISY: The Best Way to Read, the Best Way to Publish

George Kerscher (Daisy Consortium)

This brief presentation will cover the basics of the DAISY/NISO Standard for mainstream multimedia publishing. It will explain the basis of the technology and briefly list the advantages of using the open non-proprietary royalty free publishing standard.

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George Kerscher

Daisy Consortium

George Kerscher Ph.D.

“in the Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right” -UN 2001

He started innovations information technology by creating the first eBooks in 1987, and coined the term “print disabled. “He believes that properly designed information systems that use structured markup, such as XML, can make all information accessible to all people, and is pushing the evolving technologies in that direction.

Affiliations: Secretary General, DAISY Consortium, Co-chair, Steering Council of WAI, Senior Officer, RFB&D, Board of International Digital Publishing Forum, and serves on NIMAS.

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