News & Events

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

W3C News – Synchronized Multimedia for Publications Community Group Proposal

/in /by

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

Read more →

Global Audiobook Trends and Statistics for 2018

/in /by

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  

Read more →

W3C ARIA Working Group finalize digital publishing specifications

/in , /by

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 […]

Read more →

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

/in , /by

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

Read more →

ABC International Excellence Award – Seeking Nominations

/in /by

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 […]

Read more →

Announcing Ace Beta Release

/in , , /by

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

Read more →

Benetech Establishes Global Certified Accessible Program

/in , /by

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

Read more →

The Future of Accessible Publishing: EPUB 3

/in , /by

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) has launched its re-branded “ABC Global Book Service” (formerly TIGAR Service) that enables libraries for the blind in different […]

Read more →

Winners Announced: ABC Excellence Awards

/in , /by

The winners of the 2017 Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing were announced at the London Book Fair. SAGE of […]

Read more →

W3C Publishing Business Group Kickoff Meeting

/in , /by

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Publishing Business Group kickoff meeting took place in London on March 13th. The Publishing Business Group fosters ongoing […]

Read more →