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NCAC: National File Format: Existing Standards

Existing Standards

DAISY Digital Talking Book: ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2002
This standard defines the format and content of the electronic file set that comprises a digital talking book (DTB) and establishes a limited set of requirements for DTB playback devices. It uses established and new specifications to delineate the structure of DTBs whose content can range from XML text only, to text with corresponding spoken audio, to audio with little or no text. DTBs are designed to make print material accessible and navigable for blind or otherwise print-disabled persons. The ANSI/NISO Z39.86 Document Navigation Features List was developed in the early stages of work on this standard and served as the user requirements document on which the standard was based.

Section 508 requirements
Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. Section 508 functional performance criteria

World Wide Web Consortium The Web Accessibility Initiative: Quick Tips
The Web Access Initiative (WAI) in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development.

State Braille Laws
Many states have enacted laws with specific requirements that publishers of textbooks supply those books to the state in electronic file formats so that they can be reproduced in braille or other accessible media. This chart, created by the American Foundation for the Blind, identifies the states with such legislation, the statute number or reference, the types of textbooks or other instructional materials that are specified in the law, and the electronic file format required.