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Lumina Datamatics hosts this webinar where industry experts Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility, Taylor & Francis Group and Simon Mellins, Digital Publishing Consultant and Accessibility Specialist will delve into the intricacies of image description and its pivotal role in content accessibility.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear practical tips on creation and implementation and have your questions answered by the experts.
All publishers who register will receive 20 complimentary image descriptions. Lumina Datamatics will coordinate after the webinar.
John Slatin AccessU is THE annual conference where tech professionals, content creators, policymakers, and advocates come together for deep learning in accessible digital design. This three-day digital accessibility training conference will not just to talk about accessibility but aims to teach coding, usability, and inclusive design skills in an interactive and communal environment. Delegates will learn to integrate accessibility into their digital communications work.
The 5th ALPSP University Press Redux returns in May 2024, in partnership with Edinburgh University Press. This year the theme of connecting people and ideas will be the primary focus. University Presses, no matter their size or business model, share a mission to educate, enlighten and inspire. Bringing new ideas, approaches and ways of thinking to a broad audience who are able to collaborate and share knowledge awill helps to enrich and empower delegates.
Of particular interest to our readers are the following sessions:
- Collaborating for EDI: Content, Accessibility, Outreach and Recruitment
- Metadata, Discoverability, and Integrity in the Scholarly Record
- Disability Inclusion in the Workplace
- European Accessibility Act
Lots to take home from these exciting sessions!
GAAD takes place on May 16th this year and we’d like to encourage all our readers to take part so that we can build awareness in our industry and play our part to increase the availability of your digital content to people with print disabilities If your organization has an accessibility advocate then this is their chance to build awareness and co-ordinate activities that your teams may be able to take part in whether at home or in the office. Our publishers toolkit will give you lots of ideas and help get you started.
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