EDRLab have announced the release of Thorium 1.6, the latest version of the highly accessible free EPUB reader which can be installed for free on Windows, MacOS and Linux. With this new version Thorium offers support for DAISY 3 publications…
Do More With WordToEPUB (W)
In our series of free weekly webinars December 9th saw a session focused on WordToEPUB. Following on from earlier webinars, this event gave us a quick refresh, a summary of currently supported EPUB features and then delved into what is new and…
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 and documents. This important piece of work recognizes the work of the publishing industry who have embraced EPUB 3 as their…
The Accessible EPUB Ecosystem in Action: Following the Journey from Publisher to Student (W)
In our series of free weekly webinars July 8th saw a session about the journey accessible EPUB publications take to ultimately be delivered to students in their education establishments and our speakers came from organizations involved throughout this journey. This page…
Describing Images in Publications—Guidance, Best Practices and the Promise of Technology (W)
In our series of free weekly webinars June 17th saw a session focused on the process of authoring quality image descriptions which are essential for accessibility. This page contains: Full Video of the Webinar Speaker Information Session Overview Related Resources Full…
Publishing, Accessibility, W3C Standards. Where Are We Going? (W)
In our series of free weekly webinars June 3rd saw a session focused on the future of the W3C, entitled Publishing, Accessibility, W3C Standards. Where Are We Going? The EPUB 3 standard can support accessibility to a degree never seen before. It’s…
Accessibility at Apple: Innovating For All (W)
In our series of free weekly webinars May 27th saw a session focused on Accessibility at Apple. Today your most important assistive device is likely the iPhone or other smartphone you carry around with you in your pocket, rather than the…
Leveraging InDesign for Accessible EPUB Creation (W)
In our series of free weekly webinars May 29th saw a session focused on Leveraging InDesign for Accessible EPUB Creation. If InDesign is part of your book production toolchain, then this webinar gave an invaluable overview of how to get cleaner, more…
Publishing, Accessibility, W3C Standards—Where Are We and How Did We Get Here? (W)
In our series of free weekly webinars May 6th saw a session focused on publishing technology at the W3C, the EPUB eco-system, and baking in accessibility within digital content. Behind the scenes of any technology you will find that a significant amount of…
Publishers Faceoff to Prove the Accessibility of their Titles (W)
In our series of free weekly webinars April 8th saw a session comparing the accessibility of EPUB titles produced by a range of education publishers. Publishers are now being required to demonstrate their accessibility claims. It is no longer acceptable…