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EPUB Accessibility: EU Accessibility Act Mapping

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is an EU directive that establishes accessibility targets to be met by many different types of products…

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DAISY General Meeting 2021 – recording

The DAISY Consortium Annual General Meeting was held via Zoom webinar on May 26 2021. In addition to conducting the…

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Avneesh Singh Re-Elected to W3C Advisory Board

Many congratulations to Avneesh Singh, Chief Operating Officer at The DAISY Consortium, who has been re-elected to the W3C Advisory Board, as reported…

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New Releases: Ace By DAISY

The DAISY Consortium are pleased to announce new releases for both versions of the Ace By DAISY EPUB accessibility checking…

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EPUBCheck: W3C Announces Release of Version 4.2.5 and New Website

W3C are pleased to announce the latest production-ready release of EPUBCheck, version 4.2.5, providing support for checking conformance to the…

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Thorium Reader 1.6 Supports DAISY 3 Publications

EDRLab have announced the release of Thorium 1.6, the latest version of the highly accessible free EPUB reader which can…

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George Kerscher Awarded NISO Fellow for Lifetime Achievement in Information Access

Congratulations to George Kerscher, DAISY Consortium Chief Innovations Officer, for being awarded NISO Fellow for Lifetime Achievement in Information Access.…

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2020 DAISY Award for Accessibility in Publishing

After reviewing many incredible activities taking place around the world which are working to advance the accessibility of publications, we…

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WordToEPUB Wins ALPSP Award

The DAISY Consortium is proud to have been named a winner of the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2020…

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DAISY Publishes White Paper on the Benefits of EPUB 3

The DAISY Consortium has published a white paper encouraging the use of Born Accessible EPUB 3 files for corporate, government and university publications…

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