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What Does EPUB 3.3 Mean For Accessibility?

Posted on: April 14, 2022 Last updated on: April 14, 2022 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

EPUB 3 has widely been adopted by the commercial publishing community as the chosen format for digital books, and is being increasingly utilized for accessible format delivery by educators and specialist libraries. The new version of the standard, EPUB 3.3,…

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EU Accessibility Act: Update (W)

Posted on: December 6, 2021 Last updated on: December 9, 2021 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

In our series of free weekly webinars December 1st saw a session focused on the European Accessibility Act giving us a chance to check-in and find out the latest updates as we prepare for the act. This page contains: Full Video…

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Creating and Editing Accessible EPUB (W)

Posted on: November 22, 2021 Last updated on: November 22, 2021 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

In our series of free weekly webinars November 17th saw a session focused on “Creating and Editing Accessible EPUB”. This webinar follows our previous session on Validating and Conformance Checking EPUBs. This page contains: Full Video of the Webinar Speaker Information…

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021

Posted on: May 5, 2021 Last updated on: May 5, 2021 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

Resources, Event Planning and Awareness Building GAAD takes place on May 20 this year and we’d like to encourage all our members to take part so that we can build awareness and play our part to increase the accessibility of…

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Exploring Reading App Accessibility (W)

Posted on: April 26, 2021 Last updated on: April 26, 2021 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

Our webinar on April 21, 2021, was focused on the accessibility of reading apps from a variety of different perspectives, with tips and demonstrations to show our audience the practicalities of various systems. This page contains: Full Video of the…

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Word Document Accessibility Part 2 (W)

Posted on: April 12, 2021 Last updated on: April 12, 2021 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

In our series of free weekly webinars April 7th saw our second session focused on Word document accessibility – part two to the previous webinar, Word Document Accessibility 101, delivered on March 10th. This page contains: Full Video of the Webinar Speaker…

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The Art and Science of Describing Images Part Two (W)

Posted on: December 7, 2020 Last updated on: December 8, 2020 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

In our series of free weekly webinars December 2nd saw a session focused on image description: part two in the series entitled, The Art and Science of Describing Images. This webinar focused on more complex images than Part One, with speakers Huw…

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WordToEPUB Extended Tutorial (W)

Posted on: August 3, 2020 Last updated on: August 3, 2020 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

In our series of free weekly webinars July 29th saw a detailed session focused on our new groundbreaking tool, WordToEPUB, following on from the WordToEPUB introductory webinar held earlier in the series. This page contains: Full Video of the Webinar Speaker Information…

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The Art and Science of Describing Images (W)

Posted on: July 27, 2020 Last updated on: July 27, 2020 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

In our series of free webinars July 22nd saw a session focused on the skill of writing image descriptions giving us an in-depth glimpse of how to approach various types of images. This page contains: Full Video of the Webinar Speaker Information…

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Scaling Inclusion in the Transition to Remote Learning (W)

Posted on: July 20, 2020 Last updated on: July 20, 2020 Written by: Sarah Hilderley

In our series of free weekly webinars July 15th saw a session exploring how the rapid adoption of remote learning can benefit accessible resource creation, universal learning and inclusive design, finding a positive from the challenges many have faced in 2020.…

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