The Without Frontiers Digital Literacy Project

Abstract

Good practices for the accessibility of people with Special Needs, through assistive and adaptive technologies. The Biblioteca Municipal Aquilino Ribeiro, of Vila Nova de Paiva, develops an integrated system of services, in public and private partnership which associates: inclusive conversion of computer posts at a Documentation Centre, Itinerant Library and School Library (with technologies of augmentative communication, voice synthesis, optical character recognition and universal interface design); acquisition and edition of Digital Talking Book and website accessibility content under DAISY specifications; an official training and certification program in ICT basic skills. We draw the outline.