About ATDO

ATDO(Assistive Technology Development Organization) was established in April 2006 for performing research and development in information and communication technology which meets the needs of persons with disabilities and senior citizens for social inclusion. Universal design concept development and international standardization are key activities of ATDO.

ATDO is also conducting experimental training projects on communication support for deaf-blind people by mobile devices granted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan and other funding organizations.

Since global networking for bridging the Digital Divide is one of the targets of ATDO, ATDO is going to become the focal point of DAISY* dissemination in developing countries in collaboration with the DAISY Consortium (www.daisy.org) for tackling the most burning issues of persons with print disabilities in developing countries, such as disaster preparedness and HIV/AIDS prevention.

*DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) is the International standard of accessible multi-media. Which is the digital talking book with the synchronized text and images. It has rich navigation structure. DAISY provide different way of accessing information for print disabilities.

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Contact

Assistive Technology Development Organization

E-mail:info★atdo.jp    ← replace '★' with '@'

Address: 2-7-4-1002, Fuda, Chofu-Shi, Tokyo, Japan 182-0024

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Activities

• LPD Guidelines for Library for serving Persons with Print Disabilities working group meeting in Zagreb (14th to 18th of November 2022).
• IFLA Libraries for Persons with Print Disabilities Section midterm meeting in New Delhi(15th, 16th, 18th, 19th of March 2023).
• IFLA WLIC 2023 in Rotterdam (21st to 25th of August 2023).
  
• DAISY Reading Experience at VoH: DRR reading session (4th of January, 2024).
• DAISY Reading Experience at VoH (6th of February, 2024).
• IFLA LPD Midterm Business Meeting in Vilnius (19-21 March 2024).

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International Cooperation

ATDO conducts international cooperation activities in the following countries. (including past activities)

India

• Cooperation in "DAISY for All Project".

Ecuador

• Advisor on Planning Capacity Development for Production and Utilization of Accessible Publication, 2023-In progress.
• Verification Survey with The Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technologies for Information Infrastructure for Safety and Security of Persons with Inadequate Access to TV Broadcasting (in Ecuador), 2019-2023.

（Eye-Dragon TV Demonstration at The Organization for The Physically Disabled in Manta City, 2020）

Egypt

• Report from Egypt  by ATDO Staff.
• Egypt Project for Improvement of Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities through Improvement of Information Accessibility, 2019-2021
• Collaboration Program with The Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technologies for Accessible Multimedia DAISY Production Software for Persons with Print Disabilities in Egypt, 2018-2019

（The Workshop & DAISY Experience Session at ”Village of Hope" in Alexandria, 2019）

Thailand

• Cooperation in "DAISY for All Project".

Philippines

• Verification Survey with The Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technologies : “Innovations of Reading and Writing of Brailles in The Philippines”, 2014-2015
• "DAISY for All" Follow-up Training for The Autism Society and People with Low Vision in The Philippines and DAISY Production Workshop, 2008

(The Workshop & Experience Session "Braille Reading Device" in Cebu, 2014）

Vietnam

• DAISY/EPUB Training and Production of Accessible Textbooks at The Sao Mai Center in Ho Chi Minh City under WIPO's ABC Project, 2018
• Project to Improve Accessibility of Science and Math Books for The Visually Impaired in Vietnam, 2017-2018
• Duskin Trainee Ms.Huong Dao, 13th Class, and Her Friends Founded Lift You Up Group and Conducted Projects Related to DAISY, 2016
• Mr. Nguyen Van Dung Developed Kota DAISY Reader, a DAISY Playback Application, and Released It Free of Charge.
  

Central America and the Caribbean Region

• Wide Area Webinar " Utilization of DAISY / EPUB Textbooks and Teaching Materials in Inclusive Education ", 2021 

South Africa

• Launch of DAISY South Africa and DAISY Training and DAISY Production of "Resource Manual for Disability and HIV/AIDS Training ", 2008

DAISY training to the Duskin Trainees

ATDO conducted DAISY trainig to the Duskin Trainees from the following countries

Thailand / Tajikistan / Mongolia / Vietnam / Cambodia / Malaysia / Indonesia / Philippines / Laos / India / Sri Lanka / Nepal / Bhutan

Solomon Islands / Fiji / Samoa / Bangladesh

Activities through IFLA (International Federation of Libraries)

IFLA (International Federation of Libraries) is an international organization representing the interests of library and information services and users, and through IFLA promotes the role of libraries in ensuring access to information for all. Specifically, IFLA is active in the following sections of IFLA :

LPD (Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section) 

LSN (Library Services to People with Special Needs) 

Asia Oceania Regional Division Committee

Activity Report

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DAISY/EPUB Downloads

Free Downloads

DAISY book

• Resource Manual for HIV/AIDS(English) (zip/76.5MB)
• Resource Manual for HIV/AIDS(Afrikaans) Hulpbronhandleiding vir Gestremdheid- en MIV/Vigs-opleiding (zip/31.7MB)
• Resource Manual for HIV/AIDS(Xhosa) Incwadi yokubonelela Abakhubazekileyo/abaneziphene noqeqesho lweHIV/AIDS (zip/41.2MB)
• Resource Manual for HIV/AIDS(Zulu) WUMQULU WOKUQEQESHWA KWABANOKUKHUBAZEKA NABANE -HIV/AIDS (zip/82MB)
• How to Protect yourself from a Tsunami(English) (zip/9.5MB)
• How to Protect yourself from a Tsunami(Thai) วิธีการหลบภัยจากคลื่นยักษ์สึนามิ (zip/7.5MB)

DAISY book with EasyReaderExpress (playback software for Windows attached)

If a warning dialog is displayed, please continue the download.

• Resource Manual for HIV/AIDS(English) with Express
• Resource Manual for HIV/AIDS(Afrikaans) with Express Hulpbronhandleiding vir Gestremdheid- en MIV/Vigs-opleiding
• Resource Manual for HIV/AIDS(Xhosa) with Express Incwadi yokubonelela Abakhubazekileyo/abaneziphene noqeqesho lweHIV/AIDS
• Resource Manual for HIV/AIDS(Zulu) with Express WUMQULU WOKUQEQESHWA KWABANOKUKHUBAZEKA NABANE -HIV/AIDS
• How to Protect yourself from a Tsunami(English) with Express (zip/12.3MB)
• How to Protect yourself from a Tsunami(Thai) with Express วิธีการหลบภัยจากคลื่นยักษ์สึนามิ (zip/10.8MB)

Multi‐Lingual DAISY book

• Rits-Daisy (web site)
• Rainbow (web site)

DAISY Publication

Please contact info★atdo.jp(please replace `★` with `@`) to purchase following DAISY book.

• "Biography of Senator Monthian Buntan" (DAISY book)
• "Biography of Senator Monthian Buntan" (DAISY with EasyReader Express (DAISY playback software for Windows)

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