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

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From: L Snider
Date: Jan 29, 2018 9:00AM

Hi Everyone,

We had the thread about EPUB checkers and this is a new checker for ebooks
in EPUB format.

Cheers

Lisa



*From:* <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:
<EMAIL REMOVED> ] *On Behalf Of *Avneesh Singh
*Sent:* Monday, January 29, 2018 1:38 AM
*To:* Transition to accessible EPUB <transition-to-accessible-
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*Subject:* The DAISY Consortium releases Ace, the Free EPUB Accessibility
Checking Tool





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
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.prweb.com_releases_2018_01_prweb15141305.htm&d=DwMFAw&c=xoYdONxMEGxjdvKj5bOdEOV28uakaJ20R4TjadGGZBc&r=gcvya4Pqy0A2EsMRyTgo_3n3PIn53GqWAnSNzbIFuBs&m=UO-mnjXX2xY-DyjumphSygtvQmI6GyqV2xB2CBH5aQw&s=WEpb6y-hhHaEPSyWeDQ7Mi8sBJa-A_m4DtcW5fdbtxk&e=>



For further information on Ace and how to get started:
https://inclusivepublishing.org/Ace
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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

COO, DAISY Consortium



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