News & Events

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

Congratulations to ABC Excellence Awards Winners 2021

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Many congratulations to the winners of the Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing, announced today at The Frankfurt Book Fair event […]

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EPUB Accessibility: EU Accessibility Act Mapping

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The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is an EU directive that establishes accessibility targets to be met by many different types of products and services in order […]

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Inclusive Publishing Partner RedShelf Wins 2021 Publishing Software of the Year

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Many congratulations to Inclusive Publishing Partner, RedShelf, who have been awarded the 2021 Publishing Software of the Year Award in the EdTech Breakthrough Awards […]

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Avneesh Singh Re-Elected to W3C Advisory Board

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Many congratulations to Avneesh Singh, Chief Operating Officer at The DAISY Consortium, who has been re-elected to the W3C Advisory Board, as reported in W3C’s announcement. The […]

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New Releases: Ace By DAISY

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The DAISY Consortium are pleased to announce new releases for both versions of the Ace By DAISY EPUB accessibility checking tool: the Command Line […]

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EPUBCheck: W3C Announces Release of Version 4.2.5 and New Website

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W3C are pleased to announce the latest production-ready release of EPUBCheck, version 4.2.5, providing support for checking conformance to the EPUB 3.2 family of […]

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Press Release From The LIA Foundation in Italy

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Mario Barbuto Confirmed as President of Fondazione LIA Barbuto: “We have come a long way and we are now looking ahead to the implementation […]

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W3C Announces the First Public Working Draft of EPUB 3.3

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The EPUB 3 Working Group has published four First Public Working Drafts today for EPUB 3.3. This technology defines a distribution and interchange format for digital […]

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EPUB3 Working Group Requests Feedback on FXL Accessibility

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The EPUB3 Working Group is investigating the gap in recommendations for the production of accessible fixed-layout content in EPUB. The accessibility guidelines for reflowable […]

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2020 DAISY Award for Accessibility in Publishing 

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After reviewing many incredible activities taking place around the world which are working to advance the accessibility of publications, we are pleased to announce […]

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