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 […]
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Here you will find all the latest news as well as upcoming and previous events.
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 […]
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. […]
Typefi User Conference, Brighton
March 22nd to 23rd, 2018
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The Typefi User Conference offers Typefi users, partners and staff an opportunity to network, share best practices, and learn from each other. If you’re […]
Funka Accessibility Days, Stockholm
April 17th to 18th, 2018
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Funka Accessibility Days is northern Europe’s largest conference on accessible ICT. As usual, an exciting program awaits delegates with specific focus this year on the […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]