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International Publishers Association calls on Publishers to Support the Accessible Books Consortium

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is delighted that Michiel Kolman, President of the International Publishers Association (IPA) and Senior Vice President at Elsevier and […]

Digital Publishing Summit Program Announced!

EDRLab has announced the program for their annual Digital Publishing Summit (DPUB) which will take place in Berlin May 16-17, 2018. As ever the […]

The DAISY Consortium Releases Ace, the Free EPUB Accessibility Checking Tool

The DAISY Consortium is delighted to announce the launch of Ace by DAISY, the ground-breaking free and open source accessibility checking tool for ebooks […]

CSUN Assistive Technology Conference Program is Live!

The program for the 33rd CSUN Assistive Technology Conference has been announced and, as ever, there is much on the agenda that is of […]

Accessibility to Feature at Digital Book World, 2018

The popular mainstream publishing and technology conference, Digital Book World, is scheduled to return this year with a new focus and an exciting program. […]

W3C News – Synchronized Multimedia for Publications Community Group Proposal

Marisa DeMeglio, software developer for The DAISY Consortium, has proposed creation of a new group  working on a way to “synchronize audio or video […]

Global Audiobook Trends and Statistics for 2018

Good e-reader has published its annual report on the audiobook industry and the latest trends and statistics can be read at: https://goodereader.com/blog/audiobooks/global-audiobook-trends-and-statistics-for-2018  

W3C ARIA Working Group finalize digital publishing specifications

The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group has finalized several documents: Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation – https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/ Core […]

Ace by DAISY: Open Source EPUB Accessibility Checker – New Beta Release 

Ace, by DAISY, the newly developed accessibility checking tool for EPUB, has entered its last phase of testing with a new beta release this […]

ABC International Excellence Award – Seeking Nominations

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) International Excellence Award, to be given at London Book Fair 2018, is now open for nominations. ABC aims to increase […]