RE: Let's introduce ourselves

Hello All,

My name is George Kerscher, and I am one of the many people from the Digital Accessible Information Systems (DAISY) Consortium working in this space.  I also work for Benetech/Bookshare.

 

I am blind and have been working in the digital publishing space for three decades+. 

 

It is wonderful to find so many people here committed to accessibility in publishing! We have come a long, long way over the past ten years since EPUB 3 was approved as a recommendation. There is still a long way to go and having mainstream publishing people standing side-by-side with the disability community is a harbinger of more great things to come.

 

I am looking forward to the collaborations on all digital formats that deliver information to everybody, including persons with disabilities.

 

Best

George



 

George Kerscher Ph.D.

-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.

Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium

 <http://www.daisy.org/> http://www.daisy.org

Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech

 <http://www.benetech.org/> http://www.benetech.org

President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) 

 <http://www.idpf.org/> http://www.idpf.org

Member of the National Museum and Library Services  Board (IMLS)

 <http://www.imls.gov/> http://www.imls.gov

Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), at W3C

 <http://www.w3.org/WAI> http://www.w3.org/WAI

Phone: +1 406/549-4687

Cell:+1 406/544-2466 

Email:  <mailto:kerscher@montana.com> kerscher@montana.com