RE: [a11y] Seeking technical experts to test Ace - the EPUB 3 Accessibility Checker

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-----Original Message-----
From: Avneesh Singh [mailto:avneesh.sg@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 9:52 AM
To: public-epub3@w3.org; Daniel Glazman
Cc: Romain
Subject: Re: [a11y] Seeking technical experts to test Ace - the EPUB 3 Accessibility Checker

Thanks Daniel!
Congratulations to Romain and Marisa for developing the product!

With regards
Avneesh
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Glazman
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 12:23
To: public-epub3@w3.org
Cc: Romain
Subject: Re: [a11y] Seeking technical experts to test Ace - the EPUB 3 Accessibility Checker

Le 17/10/2017 à 19:13, Avneesh Singh a écrit :
> Dear all,
>
> The DAISY Consortium are delighted to announce the first beta release 
> of their new open source software tool – Ace – an accessibility 
> conformance checking tool for EPUB 3 publications.
> Based on the requirements specified in the new EPUB Accessibility 
> Conformance and Discovery Specification 1.0, Ace has been designed to 
> check packaged or unpackaged EPUB 3 files at any point in the 
> publishing workflow process.
>
> This beta release is actively seeking feedback from technical experts 
> in the publishing industry who are happy engaging with EPUB 3 code and 
> working through a command line interface. We would be grateful if you 
> could share this within your technical community and encourage feedback.
>
> For further details and getting started with Ace, please visit 
> https://inclusivepublishing.org/news-and-events/news/announcing-ace-be

> ta-release/
>
> Looking forward to your feedback and comments.


Hi Avneesh. Sounds like a wonderful tool I could, with minimal work, add to my BlueGriffon EPUB editor. A accessibility conformance checking add-on would definitely be a plus.

I'll give it a try in the next days. Congrats for the release!

</Daniel>

Received on Wednesday, 18 October 2017 13:57:53 UTC