News & Events

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

5 Things We Shared and 5 More We Learned During Accessing Higher Ground 2024

Last week, the Accessing Higher Ground (AHG) conference brought together accessibility leaders, educators, and technologists to explore the latest trends in universal design, assistive […]

Taylor and Francis: Advancing Accessibility in Publishing

The DAISY Consortium is delighted to welcome Taylor & Francis to the Inclusive Publishing Partner program where we look forward to collaborating with them […]

Finalists Announced for the 2024 ABC International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing

The short-list for the 2024 ABC International Excellence Awards in Accessible Publishing has been announced in advance of the awards ceremony to be held at the […]

InDesign 2025 Is Out

If you use InDesign to create EPUBs, check your Creative Cloud app and update to InDesign 20.0 which has just been released. As a […]

CELA Launches Accessible Commercial Audiobooks Project

The Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) is conducting a research project funded by Accessibility Standards Canada called the Accessible Commercial Audiobooks Project. The […]

W3C Publishing Working Group Minutes from TPAC 2024

The Publishing Maintenance Working Group has published draft minutes from it’s annual meeting at the 2024 TPAC conference. DAISY’s Avneesh Singh and Matt Garrish […]

September Closing Date for ABC Award Nominations

Nominations are open for the WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Awards 2024 but the closing date of September 16th is getting close! Make […]

InDesign 19.5: EPUB Export Updates

The Accessible EPUB from InDesign Expert Group has been engaging with the InDesign engineers since February 2022 on a series of issues relating to […]

Thorium 3.0.0 Released & 3.1 in Beta

The latest version of the Thorium Reader, version 3.0.0 was released at the end of June 2024. The Thorium Reader is now in it’s […]

BISG Launches New Working Group on Accessibility Metadata

The Book Industry Study Group has announced the launch of a new working group on accessibility metadata to help prepare the US book industry […]