News & Events

Here you will find all the latest news as well as upcoming and previous events.

Digital Book World, Nashville

October 2nd to 4th, 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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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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Digital Accessibility: Assessing, Amending, and Advancing Digital Content for All, Chicago

February 23rd, 2018
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Loyola University Chicago’s Digital Humanities department are proud to announce a one-day conference which will include three panels, a luncheon, and a digital accessibility […]

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Digital Publishing Summit, Berlin

May 16th to 17th, 2018
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Following the two highly successful EPUB Summits in Bordeaux (2016) and Brussels (2017), EDRLab have announced that the Digital Publishing Summit Europe will be […]

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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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33rd CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, San Diego

March 19th to 23rd, 2018
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The CSUN Assistive Technology Conference will be held in March this year and it promises to be as exceptional as ever. More than 5,000 people […]

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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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EDRLab Webinar – Accessibility and EPUB 3: November 28th, 2017

November 28th, 2017
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Since November 2016 EDRLab has gradually invested in the field of accessibility: production, certification, distribution and uses, all essential topics for a natively accessible […]

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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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December 2017: Access to Books and Reading-Finding Solutions Together

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BrailleNet, Arald and Enssib organized a professional day on December 7th, 2017 entitled: Access to Books and Reading for People with Disabilities. This day was […]

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