Articles archive (page 9)

Articles archive

New Zealand’s Journey Towards Born Accessible Publishing

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Written by Geraldine Lewis, Library and Studios Manager, Blind Foundation, New Zealand. Thanks to Tom Smith and Joshua Nathan, Blind…

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The Role of Public Libraries in a World of Digital Reading

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I’m looking out at the world from Sweden, a 10 million country in the wealthy north Europe, where ebook and…

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Update from the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference 2019

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The CSUN Assistive Technology conference is said to be the largest annual conference on technology and accessibility. As usual the event was…

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European Directive to Improve the Accessibility of Mainstream Ebooks

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New legislation in the EU which includes accessibility requirements for both reading systems and content, could have a positive and…

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Accessible Publishing Lessons from an Ironman

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Training for any sporting endeavour takes dedication, commitment—and most of all—motivation. Contrary to popular opinion, I do not roll out…

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DAISY Music Braille Collaboration – latest news

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Our Second Round Table was held in London on 31 October, to further discuss and plan the future direction of…

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Information Sharing from Sweden

Photo of a presentation from the annual conference of the Swedish DAISY Consortium
The Swedish DAISY Consortium consist of 42 members, including universities, regional libraries, Swedish Agency for Accessible Media and related organizations.…

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