Free Webinar Series on Accessible Publishing and Reading
The DAISY Consortium along with leaders in the accessible publishing and reading ecosystem will be presenting on a diverse range of topics. You are invited to participate in the live webinar, or for those unable to attend all webinars are recorded and linked below. The system we use (Zoom) is accessible, and both the live sessions and the recordings have captions available.
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To attend a webinar, follow the link and register to receive your personalized link to join. For those unable to attend the live event, all webinars are recorded and published for free a few days after the event.
We are always considering topics for DAISY webinars, if there is something that you would like us to cover please let us know.
Countdown to the European Accessibility Act Series
The European Accessibility Act comes into force at the end of June 2025 and is set to not only change accessible reading and publishing throughout the EU, but also have global impact for publishers and anyone in the publishing supply chain who are active in the EU irrespective of where they are located. Through this series we will be exploring all aspects of accessible publishing and reading, facilitating knowledge sharing and helping all involved to understand and prepare for the European Accessibility Act.
- July 24, 2024 “Technical approaches to upgrading the backlist – T-339 Days”
- August 28, 2024 “Accessibility Testing (content and websites) – T-304 Days”
- September 25, 2024 “Image Descriptions – T-269 Days”
- October 23, 2024 “Reading Solutions – T-241 Days”
- Further sessions in this series will be announced shortly
Previous Webinars
- June 26, 2024 “Countdown to EAA – T-367 Days”
- November 9, 2023 “UK Accessible Publishing Conference 2023”
- June 27, 2023 “Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty”
- March 29, 2023 “New Options for Accessible Books to Reach More Readers in Low Resource Regions”
- November 23, 2022 “Lessons learned in the journey to accessible publishing”
- October 26, 2022 “Accessible reading systems: what are the requirements and examples of good practices”
- September 28, 2022 “Accessible publishing support: a tour of training, tools and resources”
- September 14, 2022 “Accessible Publishing Fundamentals”
- December 1, 2021 “EU Accessibility Act – Update”
- November 17, 2021 “Creating and Editing Accessible EPUB”
- November 3, 2021 “Validating and Conformance Checking of EPUB”
- October 20, 2021 “Creating and Reading Accessible Math”
- October 14, 2021 “DAISY Information Sharing Day DAISY Activities, Member Activities, Accessible Publishing“
- October 6, 2021 “EPUB Accessibility 101”
- September 22, 2021 “Ways People with Print Disabilities Read”
- Special: July 21, 2021 “The Essentials for Accessible Publishing in 2021”
- April 21, 2021 “Exploring Reading App Accessibility”
- April 7, 2021 “Word Document Accessibility – Part 2”
- March 24, 2021 “Exploring the Accessible Mobile Reading Revolution”
- March 10, 2021 “Word Document Accessibility 101”
- February 24, 2021 “Implementing Extended Descriptions in Digital Publications, Best Practices and Practical Advice”
- February 10, 2021 “The Art and Science of Describing Images – Part 3”
- December 9, 2020 “Do More With WordToEPUB”
- December 2, 2020 “The Art and Science of Describing Images – Part 2”
- July 29, 2020 “WordToEPUB Extended Tutorial – Accessible EPUB in Seconds”
- July 22, 2020 “The Art and Science of Describing Images”
- July 15, 2020 “Scaling Inclusion in the Transition to Remote Teaching”
- July 8, 2020 “The Accessible EPUB Ecosystem in Action – Following the Journey from Publisher to Student”
- July 1, 2020 “World Tour of Inclusive Publishing Initiatives”
- June 24, 2020 “Metadata in Publishing – the Hidden Information Essential for Accessibility”
- June 17, 2020 “Describing Images in Publications – Guidance, Best Practices and the Promise of Technology”
- June 10, 2020 “European Accessibility Act: Considerations for the Publishing Industry and Benefits to Consumers Globally”
- June 3, 2020 “Publishing, Accessibility, W3C Standards. Where Are We Going?”
- May 27, 2020 “Accessibility at Apple”
- May 20, 2020 “Leveraging InDesign for Accessible EPUB Creation”
- May 13, 2020 “Easy access to books and articles through a smart speaker”
- May 6, 2020 “Publishing, Accessibility, W3C Standards – where are we and how did we get here?”
- April 29, 2020 “Telling The Story: Better Accessibility Statements with ASPIRE”
- April 22, 2020 “Making Math Accessible, One Step at a Time”
- April 15, 2020 “Create EPUB publications from Word with a simple tool anyone can use”
- April 8, 2020 “Publishers Faceoff to Prove the Accessibility of their Titles”
- April 1, 2020 “Helping Higher Ed Students with Access to Accessible Course Material During the COVID-19 Crisis”