[Athen] FW: The DAISY Consortium releases Ace, the Free EPUB Accessibility Checking Tool

[David Andrews]

>

>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>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/01/prweb15141305.htm

>

>For further information on Ace and how to get 

>started: 

><https://inclusivepublishing.org/Ace>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>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), a 

>division of the W3C

><http://www.w3c.org/wai>http://www.w3c.org/wai

>Phone: +1 406/549-4687

>Cell:+1 406/544-2466

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

>

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