DAISY Enhancing text accessibility for New Zealand students: A pilot study.

Abstract

Students who are blind or who have low vision are at a disadvantage to their sighted peers with regard to accessing curriculum materials, which are largely available only in regular print. Conversion of materials into accessible formats (braille, audio, large print and electronic text) is one method of reducing these disadvantages. Improvements in technology provide new and exciting possibilities to further reduce the disadvantages. This study looked at the feasibility of providing curriculum materials produced to the DAISY standard to New Zealand students who are blind or have low vision.