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Nominations Open – International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing 2022

The WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2022 is open for nominations. As in previous years, there are two…

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Updates to DAISY Ace and SMART Support EPUB Accessibility 1.1

We are delighted to announce updates to Ace (Accessibility Checker for EPUB) and the SMART: Ace By DAISY Ace by…

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DAISY Annual Report 2021

Following approval at the AGM in May, the Annual Report of DAISY Consortium activities conducted in 2021 has now been…

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Announcement: EPUB 3.3, EPUB Reading Systems 3.3 and EPUB Accessibility 1.1 Move to Candidate Recommendation

The W3C has announced that the following documents are now W3C Candidate Recommendation Snapshots: EPUB 3.3 EPUB Reading Systems 3.3…

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Join us for the DAISY AGM

The DAISY Consortium Annual General Meeting is being held virtually this year and we’re delighted to open the doors to…

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ABC Training and Technical Assistance

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is inviting expressions of interest from organizations in developing and least developed countries for training…

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Ace by DAISY updates released

A new update to Ace by DAISY, the Accessibility Checker for EPUB, has been released, updating both the Ace App…

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Thorium 1.8.0 New Improvements For Accessibility

Thorium Reader is the free desktop EPUB reader published by EDRLab. Version 1.8.0, recently launched, includes new features, improvements and bug…

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Congratulations to the 2021 ABC Excellence Awards Winners

Many congratulations to the winners of the Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing, announced today at The Frankfurt Book…

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Common Position on the Importance of Accessible Reading

On September 8th 2021, the International Literacy Day, six DAISY Member organizations collaborated to publish a common position on the…

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