The next Ask the Expert event being held by the APACE projectwill focus on how complex images and data visualizations should be handled.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the topic and ask questions to Kirsi Ylänne, Accessibility Specialist at the Celia Accessibility Library. Drawing on her experience and results from the APACE pilot project, a collaboration between Celia and Helsinki University Press that explored the challenges of complex images, Kirsi Ylänne will share practical tips and best practices for creating accessible images and descriptions.

In this DAISY co-ordinated webinar we will hear from the expert team driving InDesign’s EPUB accessibility improvements. Speakers include:

• Gregorio Pellegrino, Fondazione LIA
• Jonas Lillqvist, Celia
• Laura Brady, Digital publishing + accessibility expert
• Rob Haverty, Adobe
• Richard Orme, DAISY Consortium

Debate about Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, with new and improved services being launched every week and the promise of automating tasks and producing higher quality content. But what might these developments mean for accessible publishing? Do they offer practical solutions, or do the risks outweigh the benefits?

Join us as our panel of experts discuss their experiences of using AI in accessible publishing in a variety of ways, and how the promise of AI might become a reality.

In this APACE Ask the Expert session, Gregorio Pellegrino, Chief Accessibility Officer at Fondazione LIA, will explore the opportunities and challenges of realising accessible fixed-layout EPUBs. In 2023, Pellegrino led an innovative project in collaboration with Edizioni Sonda, through which Fondazione LIA developed the first international example of accessible fixed-layout EPUBs.