This webinar will bring alive the practical experiences of people with print disabilities, exploring how accessible reading works in the real world for people including those with dyslexia, low vision and blindness. What are the essential features enjoyed by students with learning disabilities? How does someone with low vision read an eBook on a smartphone?
Free DAISY Webinar: Accessibility Action Group Seminar
This year the annual AAG seminar, which usually takes place at The London Book Fair, will be held virtually as part of the DAISY webinar series which so many of our readers are familiar with. The theme for this year’s seminar is the Top 5 Must-Have for Accessible Publishing workflows and we will be looking
Basic Accessibility Fundamentals Bootcamp
In celebration of this year's Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Deque is offering free training of its basic accessibility fundamentals bootcamp. This training provides an overview of basic accessibility concepts, such as why digital inclusion matters and how people with disabilities use the Web. Through this training, participants will develop a better understanding about how disabilities
Digita11y Accessible GAAD 2021
Join the team from Digita11y Accessible for their free half-day virtual event featuring accessibility industry speakers to help raise visibility for Accessibility awareness in support of GAAD’s 10th anniversary.
Webinar: Exploring Reading App Accessibility
There are many different apps for reading digital publications. How do you know which offer the accessibility features you need, and which to avoid? The good news is that reading apps are regularly evaluated for accessibility features and the results made public. This session will explain the basics of reading apps, and describe the most
Webinar: Word Document Accessibility – Part 2
Returning by popular demand, and building on our first Word Document Accessibility session, this webinar will begin our journey beyond the basics. Through practical examples, our invited experts will share how to create accessible content using a range of Microsoft Word features, walking through the implications for accessibility in different scenarios, and guiding us through
Webinar: Exploring the Accessible Mobile Reading Revolution
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way many of us work, learn, and engage in leisure activities. People have chosen, and in some cases have been forced to use the only technology available to them, reading on mobile devices. But for readers with print disabilities, are these mobile devices suitable replacements for an accessible desktop
Webinar: Word Document Accessibility 101
Microsoft Word is one of the most widely used applications for originating content globally. People use Word to create all types of content from business-related documents, academic coursework at all levels, and even developing manuscripts for publication. Over time Microsoft Word has become powerful and feature-rich tool, but the real power comes when it is
Webinar: Implementing Extended Descriptions in Digital Publications, Best Practices and Practical Advice
Previous webinars have discussed in detail the methodology for describing images, and this webinar is focused on the next step of implementing those extended descriptions in digital publications. Using real-world examples this webinar will walk through practical methods for adding extended descriptions to publication and associating them with the image being described, highlighting best practices
Webinar: The Art and Science of Describing Images – Part 3
This session continues the popular series of webinars providing guidance and examples for describing images. After covering general principles for describing images, as well as basic and some complex image types in the previous webinars, we are now ready to dive into the challenging content, including topics requested by attendees in the previous session. The