PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feedhttp://www.prweb.comPRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releasesenxml@emediawire.comxml@emediawire.comSat, 12 Mar 2011 21:03:19 GMT30IDPF Launches EPUB Standards Maintenance Workhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2754274.htmSun, 16 Aug 2009 07:01:00 GMT The EPUB standards are open and living specifications, rapidly gaining momentum. The members of the working group are committed to assisting with corrections and improvements to the EPUB standards that will lead to wider adoption and greater accessibility.

(PRWeb August 16, 2009)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2754274.htmDAISY Consortium Releases Obi 1.0 - Open Source Accessible Multimedia Authoring Tool http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2275914.htmMon, 30 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT Obi, an open source audio recording tool released by the DAISY Consortium, enables a broader audience to produce accessible, navigable information for people with print disabilities. DAISY audio books created with Obi can be produced with chapters, sections, sub-sections and pages, providing navigation to the content. Obi is fully accessible through assistive technologies such as screen readers. In addition, Obi reduces the time required to work with sophisticated production tools and significantly reduces tool costs that may create barriers for some.

(PRWeb March 30, 2009)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2275914.htmDAISY Consortium's Collaboration with Microsoft Corporation Yields New Tools for Production and Playback of Accessible Multimedia http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2240374.htmWed, 18 Mar 2009 07:01:00 GMT Save as DAISY add-in Version 2 for Microsoft Word and "Project Buttercup" - Silverlight web-based DAISY player will make billions of documents accessible to people with print disabilities.

(PRWeb March 18, 2009)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2240374.htmDAISY Consortium Presents 2008 Culture of Sharing Award to Stephen King, Group Director - RNIB, UKhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1570864.htmTue, 11 Nov 2008 20:39:33 GMT The DAISY Consortium presented its highest honor, the Culture of Sharing Award, for 2008 to Stephen King, Group Director Access and Innovation at the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), UK. King was unanimously selected for the award by the DAISY Consortium Board of Directors in recognition of his long-term, visionary leadership in support of the Consortium's mission to develop and promote international standards and technologies which enable equal access to information and knowledge by all people with print disabilities and which also benefit the wider community.

(PRWeb November 11, 2008)

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