Inclusive publishing, digital accessibility, ICT for development
Leamington Spa, Uk
Joined April 2009
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Excited that @accessibledaisy and our partners are training on Accessible Publishing in Africa in English, French, and Arabic
APIF and DAISY Consortium (@accessibledaisy) offer free training for African publishers in #accessible publishing - mailchi.mp/internationalpubl…
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🕶 People with sight loss in the UK can now access thousands of #Audiobooks through #Alexa 👇
#GoodPractice #Accessibility #RNIB
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ALT Photo of a virtual assistant technology called Alexa and developed by Amazon
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How can books be made more accessible for readers who are visually impaired or print-disabled? @UN has taken crucial steps forward in this area with their Accessible Books Consortium – follow the link to find out more: anniversary.archive.org/#tim…
#accessibility #InternetArchive25
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Announcing a new coalition of 16 educational content platforms, publishers, schools, and other stakeholders coming together to support interoperability for cross-platform #SocialLearning. Visit #SLAC hubs.li/H0QKywJ0 and read our post: hubs.li/H0QKyhT0
That was a very cool and informative webinar!
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It was an honour to share the platform with such distinguished panelists
#ICT #Accessibility is key to progress on the path towards #Digitalinclusion for all, enabling equal opportunities in a disability-inclusive accessible and sustainable post #COVID19 world
#internationaldayofpeoplewithdisability #WSIS
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Thanks for your wonderful feedback, made my week!
These are the best webinars on describing images! I can't wait for part 3 :) Thank you @accessibledaisy @CIDIaccess @textboxdigital ! #a11y
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Many thanks to @alpsp who today named DAISY an ALPSP Award Winner for Innovation in Publishing 2020 recognizing our WordToEPUB tool daisy.org/news-events/news/w…
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Hi @disneyplus I am a blind customer and have found your app to be the most accessible app I have ever used. Also, every film I have watched has audio description. Thank you, keep up the fantastic work! @RNIB @sonalirai @SamLatif7 #Disability #AudioDescription #Accessibility
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@accessibledaisy In Developing countries, feature rich #ePub can easily be created saving time and resources #A11y #CSUNATC20
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And the Accessible Books Consortium 2020 Excellence Awards🏆 go to:
🔸Macmillan Learning (publisher)
🔸Fondazione LIA (initiative)
The awards recognize publishers + initiatives that improve access to books for people who are blind or visually impaired: ow.ly/ZKpP50yIV4y.
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Thank you to @RishiSunak at @hmtreasury for zero-rating VAT on eBooks in today’s budget, committing to improve childhood literacy for the 45% of children who prefer to read digitally and children from low income families who are more likely to read on this format
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Now open: Nominations for the Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2020 🏆. Read more and make submissions here: ow.ly/pop830pOyHJ
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On the 2nd day of the international #library workshop on implementation of #MarrakeshTreaty we talk about different sccessible formats and technology - @accessibledaisy @ways2read @EIFLnet
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With the Canute 360, a new multiline #Braille display, @Bristol_Braille is is excited by the ability to present spacial Braille information, such as mathmatics, music, and tables. The Canute will also cost less than any 40 cell single-line Braille display on the market. #NFB19
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Thanks to @AccessibleDaisy for working to make books accessible to everyone by working with the publishing industry to make #A11y part of their process! "Books should be born accessible!" #NFB19
Today I am honoured to be speaking at the NFB Convention in Las Vegas on accelerating mission of accessible books. More than 3000 registered delegates, what a great crowd!
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Morocco 🇲🇦 joins the Marrakesh Treaty on access to published works 📚 for blind and visually impaired persons: ow.ly/Dw5350ucYzA. More about the #MarrakeshTreaty: ow.ly/fffE50ucYzz. #copyright
Thanks for talking with us about the essential practical support local charities provide
A pleasure to meet great local charity @WarksVisSupport at the @LeonardCheshire showcase this week. Assistive technology can support disabled people to live, learn and work - innovative and transformative!
