Purpose

The DIAGRAM Center has been established by the US Department of Education (Office of Special Education Programs) to help find ways to make image descriptions in textbooks for print disabled students more effective and less costly. This site has been created to bring the work of the Center to the public. As the work of the Center progresses, the contents of this site will evolve.

Management

The Center is managed by Benetech in partnership with the WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) and the US Fund for DAISY. Benetech is a non-profit organization where the power of the human mind unites with a deep passion for social improvement to create innovative technology solutions which address unmet needs in literacy, human rights, and environmental conservation. NCAM is a non-profit R&D organization dedicated to achieving media access equality for people with disabilities. The DAISY Consortium develops, maintains and promotes international DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) Standards. DAISY digital format assists people who, for various reasons, have challenges using regular printed media.

This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Cooperative Agreement #H327B100001). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.