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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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The full press release can be accessed at
<a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/01/prweb15141305.htm">
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/01/prweb15141305.htm</a><br>
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For further information on Ace and how to get started:
<a href="https://inclusivepublishing.org/Ace">
https://inclusivepublishing.org/Ace</a><br>
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Please help us to promote this major step forward in accessible
publishing! <br>
<ul>
<li>Share the press release with your colleagues / audience
<li>Tweet about it using #AcebyDAISY
<li>Follow @Inclusivepub @accessibledaisy on Twitter
</ul> <br>
With regards<br>
Avneesh Singh<br>
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Best<br>
George<br>
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George Kerscher Ph.D.<br>
-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human
right.<br>
Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium<br>
<a href="http://www.daisy.org">http://www.daisy.org</a><br>
Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech<br>
<a href="http://www.benetech.org">http://www.benetech.org</a><br>
President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) <br>
<a href="http://www.idpf.org">http://www.idpf.org</a><br>
Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board
(IMLS)<br>
<a href="http://www.imls.gov">http://www.imls.gov</a><br>
Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of
the W3C <br>
<a href="http://www.w3c.org/wai">http://www.w3c.org/wai</a> <br>
Phone: +1 406/549-4687<br>
Cell:+1 406/544-2466 <br>
Email:
<a href="mailto:kerscher@montana.com">kerscher@montana.com</a><br>
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