The Call for Abstracts is now open for the 2027 Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities Conference. This year’s theme, Access in Action: Digital, Tactile, Connected, will explore how technology, tactile formats and collaboration are shaping the future of accessible…
ICEVI WBU Global Braille Survey
ICEVI and WBU are conducting a Global Braille Survey as part of the ICEVI-WBU Global Braille Literacy Campaign – More Braille: More Empowerment – the survey provides an important opportunity for people around the world to share their experiences and…
W3C Invites Implementations of EPUB 3.4, EPUB Reading Systems 3.4 and EPUB Accessibility 1.2
The W3C Publishing Maintenance Working Group invites implementations of the following three Candidate Recommendation Snapshots: EPUB 3.4: EPUB® 3 defines a distribution and interchange format for digital publications and documents. The EPUB format provides a means of representing, packaging, and encoding structured…
DAISY Annual Report 2025
Following approval at the AGM in June, the Annual Report of DAISY Consortium activities conducted in 2025 has now been published. With messages from our President and Treasurer, brief summaries of tool development, project activity, and training, along with contributions…
Forbes 2026 Accessibility 200
Each year Forbes compiles their Accessibility 200 list, highlighting the biggest innovators and impact-makers working in accessibility, celebrating their work and raising awareness of the accessibility sector. As with previous years we are delighted to see several DAISY Members and…
Ace by DAISY Version 1.4.5 Maintenance Release
The DAISY development team have released version 1.4.5 of Ace by DAISY, the accessibility checker for EPUB. This is a maintenance release of the command line tool and the app, updating both to be more stable and in line with the…
Congratulations to ABC Excellence Awards Winners 2026
Many congratulations to the winners of the Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing, announced yesterday during the gala dinner at The Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2026. The awards are divided into 2 categories with an impressive set of finalists for…
Pipeline Updates April 2026
The latest version of DAISY Pipeline, our cross-platform conversion tool, are now available to download. The new App version 1.11.0 provides a series of improvements, including bug fixes and accessibility enhancements. It also uses the latest Pipeline Engine. The main…
Shortlist Announced for ABC International Excellence Awards 2026
The shortlist for the 2026 ABC International Excellence Awards in Accessible Publishing has been announced in advance of the awards ceremony to be held at Bologna Children’s Book Fair on April 13, 2026. There are two categories of awards, publishers and initiatives,…
M-Enabling Summit 2026 Call for Speakers
This year’s edition of the M-Enabling Summit will be held from the 5th to the7th of October in Arlington, Virginia. The call for speakers is now live and will remain open until the 30th of March. Organizers are inviting “proposals…