Accessibility

User Experience Guide for Displaying Accessibility Mertadata 1.0
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Informing print disabled readers of ebooks accessibility features.

Books are playing a major role in spreading ideas, enriching the culture and turning our democracies into flourishing debated places....
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WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2023: Call for Nominations

[Update on 22 August 2023: The deadline for nominations has been extended to Friday, September 1st, 2023.]

Nominations are currently being accepted for the ABC International...

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EDRLab: A digital innovation laboratory for the publishing industry

The European Digital Reading Lab (EDRLab) is a digital innovation laboratory by and for the publishing industry....
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Caniem Marrakesh 10th anniversary
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10 Years After the Marrakesh Treaty in Mexico

On June 21st, the Mexican Association for Intellectual Property Protection (Asociación Mexicana para la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual) celebrated the discussion forum “Marrakesh Treaty...
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Supporting an industry-wide shift towards universally accessible reading experiences

Arthur Thompson and Martin Klopstock of Kogan Page share their thoughts on the evolution of accessibility following the publication of EPUB3.3....
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How many ebooks in Europe need an accessible life and how to make it happen?

In the context of the European Accessibility Act publishers are producing more and more accessible ebooks....
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Accessible Books Consortium Call for Fellows

The Accessible Books Consortium, a secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, has an open call for application to their fellowships. Find out...
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Karine Pansa delivers her message for 2023
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IPA President’s Message for 2023

IPA President, Karine Pansa, shares her message for IPA members for the year ahead. 

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WIPO’s ABC launches online course on accessible publishing concepts

The Accessible Books Consortium has partnered with accessibility experts at the DAISY Consortium to produce a new ABC course on accessible publishing. The new module,...

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IPA at Frankfurt Book Fair 2022

IPA will have a full programme of open and invite-only meetings as well as a dedicated Africa Publishing Innovation Fund seminar at Frankfurt Book Fair...

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