Focal Points

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The DFA Project has established 8 focal points excluding 2 resource centers in India and Thailand.

Fiscal Year 2006

  • Pakistan
  • The Philippines

Fiscal Year 2005

  • Bangladesh
  • Vietnam
  • Indonesia

Fiscal Year 2004

  • Malaysia
  • Sri Lanka
  • Nepal

DAISY training for trainers of Autism and Low Vision in Philippines

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DAISY training for trainers
of Autism and Low Vision in Philippines

Manila, Philippines
February 18 - 22, 2008
Conducted by Julius Charles Serrano, Dandy Victa, Donna Hermosura, Lanie Arminio and Mayu Hamada
Supported by Lauro Purcil and Hiroshi Kawamura
Group photo at the DAISY training for trainers of Autism and Low Vision in Philippines
Group photo at the DAISY training for trainers of Autism and Low Vision in Philippines

Report

The DAISY DTB Production
Training for the Autism Society of the Philippines (ASP) and Low Vision Individuals was organized by Philippines DAISY Network and held at the Legend Villas in Metro Manila, Philippines. The training course was focused on full text and full audio DAISY 2.02 DTB production using Sigtuna DAR 3.

10 participants attended the training. 5 participants from ASP which is an organization focused on the education and welfare of Filipinos with autism spectrum disorders, and 5 low vision individuals from
organizations such as Resources for the Blind
Incorporated (RBI), Department of Education, and
Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration,
and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired (ATRIEV).

DAISY for All Seminar in Kazakhstan

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DAISY for All Seminar in Kazakhstan

Almaty, Kazakhstan
December 12 - 14, 2007
Organized by The Republican Library for the Blind and Visual Impaired Citizens

Seminar

DAISY introductory seminar was held at the Republican Library for the Blind and Visual Impaired Citizens in Almaty, Kazakhstan on December 12, 2007. Hiroshi Kawamura talked about the biref introduction to DAISY, DAISY Consotrium and future development of DAISY. After that, the demonstration on DAISY Playback software was presented by Miki Azuma and Dipendra Manocha.

Training

The blush up training for the engineers at the Republican Library for the Blind and Visual Impaired Citizens was conducted by Miki Azuma on December 13 and 14. There were some people who learned how to use DAISY Production software, however, the procedure was not efficient and there was not much progress in production.

By the end of the 14th, the engineer was able to produce ToC only project using MyStudio PC and it was presented to the director of the Republican Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired Citizens.

The program follows:

Report on the Philippines Seminar on DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System)

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September 5, 2007
Manila Hotel, Manila, Philippines

DFA Refresher Course in Pakistan

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Islamabad, Pakistan
April 18 - 21, 2007
Conducted by Miki Azuma and Dipendra Manocha
Group Photo at Refresher Course in 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.

DFA Focal Point Training in the Philippines

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Manila, The Philippines
March 26 - 30, 20007
Conducted by Julius Serrano and Miki Azuma
Group Photo at Focal Point Training in Philippine
Group photo at Focal Point Training in Philippine

Report

There were 10 participants including 3 visually impaired in this training representing 7 different organizations. The training was conducted for 5 days at ATRIEV.

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

All of the participants were able to create at least 5 different DTBs during this training. For the final project, all of the participants were able to produce Full Text projects and on the last day of the training, all participants presented their final projects and their action plans.

Philippines Focal Point Establishment

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The focal point in the Philippines was established in March 2007.

DFA Focal Point Training in Indonesia

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Jakarta, Indonesia
December 6 - 10, 2006
Conducted by Nur Ichsan and Miki Azuma
Group Photo at Focal Point Training in Indonesia
Group photo at Focal Point Training in Indonesia

Goals

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

DFA Follow-up Training in Sri Lanka Report

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Colombo, Sri Lanka
October 23 - 28, 2006
Conducted by Miki Azuma and Prashant Ranjan Verma
Assisted by Asanka Wasala
Group Photo at Sri Lanka Training

DFA Focal Point Training in Pakistan

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Islamabad, Pakistan
September 25 - 29, 2006
Conducted by Prashant Ranjan Verma and Miki Azuma
Group Photo at Focal Point Training in Pakistan
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
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.

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