Pakistan

Group photo at Refresher Course in Pakistan

Report

This training course focused on NCC only production using Sigtuna DAR 3 for those participated in the Focal Point Training in September 2006. It was organized by DAISY Forum of Pakistan and held at Al Maktoom Special Education Center for Visually Handicapped Children.

There were 10 participants including 3 visually impaired representing 6 different organizations. Even though this training targeted the former participants of the Focal Point Training, there were 5 new participants in this training. For this reason, the training was conducted for 4 days instead of its original plan of 3 days.

The 1st and 2nd days were allocated for the new participants to understand the basic procedure for creating a NCC only DTB with help from former participants. In this way, new participants spent their time creating basic NCC only DTB and the former participants were able to recap the procedure of creating a NCC only DTB by helping the new participants.

Group photo at Focal Point Training in Pakistan

Goals

The training was undertaken with the aim of achieving the following goals:

• Ability of participants to use DAISY production tools to create DAISY 2.02 digital talking books
• Ability of participants to create DAISY 2.02 files

Prerequisites

• Some exposure to or familiarity with, or knowledge of DAISY.

Outcomes

• Understanding of the scope, usability and functionality of the DAISY technology
• Understanding of basic XHTML
• Understanding of NCC-Only and Full-text production workflow, techniques and tools
• Understanding of the DAISY DTB fileset

During the Training #1

Report

This training course focused on NCC only production using MyStudio PC and Sigtuna DAR 3 and full text production using Sigtuna DAR 3.

The focal point in Pakistan was established in September 2006.

Pakistan Visit, 2006 Report by Miki Azuma

Lahore - July 11, 2006

• Government College University
• FAST(Foundation for Advancement of Science & Technology) University (National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences), Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing

Faislabad - July 12, 2006

• Al-Faisel

Islamabad - July 13, 2006

• National Library & Resource Center
• Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness (PFFB)

Seminar on DAISY - July 13, 2006

at National Library & Resource Center