INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITIES
Special Issue: The Digital Talking Book

The editors of Information Technology and Disabilities are
pleased to announce that the latest issue is now available on the
web. This special issue explores in detail the emerging "digital
talking book."  Note that with this issue, ITD will no longer be
disseminated in its entirety via e-mail. The table of contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/contents.html

Vol. VII No. 1 August, 2000

DAISY CONSORTIUM: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
FOR THE WORLD'S BLIND AND PRINT-DISABLED
POPULATION -- PAST, PRESENT, AND INTO THE FUTURE
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article1.htm
Author: George Kerscher
Research Fellow, Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)
Project Manager to the DAISY Consortium

NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED: DIGITAL PLANS AND PROGRESS
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article2.htm
Authors: John Cookson and Lloyd Rasmussen
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
The Library of Congress

DIGITAL TALKING BOOK STANDARDS DEVELOPED BY
NLS AND PARTNERS UNDER NISO AUSPICES
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article3.htm
Authors: John Cookson, Michael Moodie, and Lloyd Rasmussen
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
The Library of Congress

USING DIGITAL TALKING BOOKS IN SCHOOLS
RFB&D's TOP PROJECT
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article4.htm
Author: Steve Noble
Policy Analyst, Kentucky Assistive Technology Service Network

WORLDWIDE TRAINING & TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR DAISY
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article5.htm
Author: George Kerscher
Research Fellow, Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)
Project Manager to the DAISY Consortium

DIGITAL TALKING BOOKS ON A PC:  A USABILITY
EVALUATION OF THE PROTOTYPE DAISY PLAYBACK SOFTWARE
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article6.htm
Author: Dr. Sarah Morley
National Centre for Tactile Diagrams, University of Hertfordshire, UK

DAISY ON OUR DESKTOPS?
A REVIEW OF LpPLAYER 2.4
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article7.htm
B.T. Kimbrough
Vice-President, Enabling Technologies, Jensen Beach, Florida

LATE BREAKING NEWS:
MICROSOFT PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR DAISY CONSORTIUM
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article8.htm

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EASI's online workshop demonstrating how to design web
pages using universal design principles to make them accessible
to users with disabilities begins on September 4 and runs
for four weeks. Information is available at:
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops/easiweb.htm