Re: The DAISY Consortium releases Ace, the Free EPUB Accessibility Checking Tool

George,

Thank you for sharing! This is wonderful news!!

On Jan 29, 2018 5:03 PM, "George Kerscher" <kerscher@montana.com> wrote:

> 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 <(406)%20549-4687>
>
> Cell:+1 406/544-2466 <(406)%20544-2466>
>
> Email: kerscher@montana.com
>
>
>