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Reading Solutions, T-241 (W)

In our series of EAA monthly webinars October 23rd saw a session that explored innovations being made to improve the accessibility of reading solutions. Ensuring people can read accessible ebooks across a variety of different platforms, customizing the presentation of…

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Image Description, T-269 (W)

In our series of EAA monthly webinars September 25th saw a session that explored the practical workflow approaches available to publishers to ensure image descriptions for both front and back list titles are authored in a timely fashion and to…

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IFLA Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Seminar August 2024

The IFLA Library Services for Persons with Print Disabilities Section (LPD) Section organized a seminar hosted by the National Library Service of the Library of Congress in Washington DC, USA, from 20-24 August 2024. This international seminar offered a great…

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Accessibility Testing T-304 (W)

In our series of EAA monthly webinars August 28th saw a session that explored the diverse range of tests and assessments, both automated and manual, that can be performed to help refine the user experience and ultimately ensure a content…

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Online Training Enables Accessible Learning at Cairo University

Meet Helary, Menna, and Nourhan: students at Cairo University’s Foreign Languages and Translation program, Spanish department. Together this group, united by a shared passion for making education more accessible and inclusive, created their first accessible EPUB book. Through the DAISY…

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Technical Approaches to Upgrading the Backlist for the EAA, T-339 Days (W)

In our new series of EAA monthly webinars July 24th saw a session focused on the complexities of reworking existing materials to incorporate accessibility. This can vary greatly depending on the nature of the published content. There are however a series…

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Countdown to EAA, T-367 Days (W)

In our new series of EAA monthly webinars, June 26th saw an overview session of the European Accessibility Act, kick starting the DAISY Countdown series of webinar events in the run up to the EAA coming into force in June 2025.…

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Born-Accessible Music Publishing: Enabling the Creation of Accessible Digital Scores

The DAISY Music Braille Project identified the need to develop and promote a ‘born-accessible’ agenda in the mainstream music publishing industry, to help get scores to musicians with print-disabilities in suitable formats. Music scores are typically only published in print,…

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EAA Backlist Confusion – Looking at Regional Differences

The European Accessibility Act comes into effect in June 2025, bringing with it a diverse range of requirements designed to improve the accessibility of products and services for people with disabilities. The implications of the legislation reach far beyond the…

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Counting Down to the European Accessibility Act

With a little over 12 months to go until the European Accessibility Act comes into force we are excited to bring you the next season of our highly regarded webinar series, entitled, “Counting Down to the EAA”. There is much…

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