- From: George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:56:51 -0700
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <000201d3994c$12308410$36918c30$@montana.com>
Dear WAI IG, Sorry if you get this more than once. The DAISY Consortium is delighted to announce the launch of Ace by DAISY, the ground-breaking free and open source accessibility checking tool for ebooks created in the widely adopted EPUB format. Ace by DAISY, equips the publishing industry with a tool which can test their ebooks against internationally recognized standards for accessibility. Designed to assist content providers at any stage in their workflow, Ace by DAISY will make it easier to produce higher quality, more accessible EPUB content files. The full press release can be accessed at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/01/prweb15141305.htm For further information on Ace and how to get started: https://inclusivepublishing.org/Ace Please help us to promote this major step forward in accessible publishing! * Share the press release with your colleagues / audience * Tweet about it using #AcebyDAISY * Follow @Inclusivepub @accessibledaisy on Twitter With regards Avneesh Singh 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 Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech http://www.benetech.org President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) http://www.idpf.org Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS) http://www.imls.gov Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the W3C http://www.w3c.org/wai Phone: +1 406/549-4687 Cell:+1 406/544-2466 Email: kerscher@montana.com
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