Accessible Digital Textbooks for All

Welcome to the UNICEF Global Portal on Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) for All

UNICEF and its partners are driving an initiative that is a broad, systems-oriented effort to advance inclusive education by ensuring that all learners—regardless of ability, language, or connectivity—can engage with high-quality learning materials in formats that meet their needs. Anchored in principles of universal design for learning (UDL), the initiative supports countries in transforming how content is developed, adapted, and delivered, while also strengthening institutional capacity, embedding inclusive practices into national policies, and building sustainable ecosystems for accessible content. 

A key enabler within this broader initiative is the technical solution also referred to as Accessible Digital Textbooks: an array of solutions to produce content in accessible formats (ePub, Pub Coder, HTML, Applications, etc.), including the latest open-source, AI-enabled toolset that allows for the rapid conversion of existing curriculum materials into accessible HTML formats with features such as navigation, text-to-speech, image descriptions, easy-read, sign language video, and more.

This tool is one part of a larger effort: the success of the initiative depends on strong global and national partnerships—particularly with technology developers, publishers, organisations of persons with disabilities, and ministries of education—to align processes, share expertise, and ensure contextual relevance. It is country-led by design, with governments driving the vision, priorities, and integration into existing systems, supported by a growing network of technical, policy, and implementation partners. In doing so, the initiative aims not only to produce accessible digital content, but to catalyse long-term, systemic change toward more inclusive and equitable learning for all.

Accessible Digital Textbooks is a collaboration between UNICEF Education and Disabilities Programme Divisions, as well as UNICEF's Global Learning Innovation Hub.

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