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DAISY Planet Newsletter - March 2025
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Announcing the eBraille Candidate Release
Work on a modern eBraille format has reached a significant milestone with the recent Candidate Release, the product of over two years of work by a team of international experts. Feedback is once again requested from anyone interested in shaping the future of digital braille. Read more about the eBraille Candidate Release.
Ten Potential Applications of AI in DAISY Libraries
Artificial intelligence promises to revolutionize many aspects of our lives but what could it do to help specialist library services? Our latest article on the technology identifies ten ways that AI could make the work of DAISY libraries a little easier covering a range of topics that might apply to anyone working with accessible formats.
EAA Countdown Webinar Series
Our webinar series counting down to the implementation of the European Accessibility Act continues to share valuable information with the publishing community. The next three webinars in the series will be:
Information about the webinars along with the full list of previous sessions can be found on the DAISY webinars page.
An Introduction to AI Speech
Text to speech technology has been key to providing access to information since the development of early desktop computers. Over the years the voices have improved significantly with the latest evolution being AI or neural voices. We have explored some of the technologies behind text to speech to help understand what makes AI speech different.
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