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

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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 […]

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CSUN Assistive Technology Conference Program is Live!

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

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Accessibility to Feature at Digital Book World, 2018

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

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W3C News – Synchronized Multimedia for Publications Community Group Proposal

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

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Global Audiobook Trends and Statistics for 2018

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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  

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W3C ARIA Working Group finalize digital publishing specifications

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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 […]

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

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

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ABC International Excellence Award – Seeking Nominations

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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 […]

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Announcing Ace Beta Release

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Announcing the First Beta Release of Ace, by DAISY, the Accessibility Checker for EPUB. The DAISY Consortium are delighted to announce the first beta […]

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Benetech Establishes Global Certified Accessible Program

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Benetech, the leading software for social good nonprofit, in conjunction with Dedicon, Royal National Institute of Blind People, and Vision Australia, announced Global Certified […]

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