News & Events

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

Avneesh Singh Re-Elected to W3C Advisory Board

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. Avneesh’s submission […]

EPUB 3.3 Becomes a W3C Recommendation

The W3C have issued a press release to announce the publication of EPUB 3.3 as a W3C Recommendation. This is a significant development and […]

Ace Feedback Wanted

If you use Ace by DAISY to check the accessibility of your EPUB files we would love to hear from you. Our survey, which […]

Hederis to Receive BISG’s Innovator Award

The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has announced that this year’s recipient of their Innovator Award will be Hederis, the cloud based book production […]

Inclusive Design 24 #id24: Call For Papers

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue […]

A Practical Guide for Using EPUB in K-12 Teaching and Learning

The DAISY Consortium, in collaboration with Benetech and CAST, are pleased to announce the development of a new set of guidance to provide practical […]

EPUBCheck Version 5.0.0 Available for Preview

W3C has announced that the latest preview release of the next major version of EPUBCheck, v5.0.0 is now available. “For the first time, this version fully implements the […]

Shortlist Announced for ABC International Excellence Awards 2022

The short-list for the 2022 ABC International Excellence Awards in Accessible Publishing has been announced in advance of the awards ceremony to be held at the […]

Nomination Deadline Extended – International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing 2022

The WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2022 is open for nominations. As in previous years, there are two categories for the awards, […]

Reading System Roundup – Updated

Reading systems (software and apps) are always being updates as developers work to add new features and improvements. Many updates are minor and have […]