Objective

School Textbooks in DAISY format are widely used in the USA and European Countries as“alternative textbooks” for children and students with reading problems. However such textbooks are not yet popular in Japan due to the lack of social recognition on developmental disorders as well as technical difficulties in converting textbooks in Japanese into DAISY format.

Learning from experiences and projects in Europe and the USA concerning the provision of alternative textbooks in DAISY format, we will discuss the future of textbooks for all to promote DAISY together with the participants as well as lecturers.