Players in all areas of publishing including trade publishing, independent publishing, and non-traditional publishing such as publishing internally within corporations, or university presses, all understand that there is a need for published content to be as accessible as possible, to as many people as possible. Because in the United States …

How the DAISY Standard and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Work Together Read More

Unbelievably, approximately twenty percent of disabled adults in the United Kingdom have not used the Web, and in the United States, disabled Americans are about three times as likely as those without a disability to say they never go online (23% vs. 8%), according to a Pew Research Center survey …

One In Five People Still Don’t Use Digital Technology! Read More

What is DAISY? According to their website, DAISY is an acronym for Digital Accessible Information SYstem and the original concept for DAISY was born from the need for accessible audio that could be used by individuals unable to read print, as easily and efficiently as a sighted person uses a …

Getting to Know DAISY Read More

In the United States alone it’s estimated that the annual discretionary spending of people with disabilities is over $490 billion. With that type of money in play, should we even be asking the question “Should websites be accessible to everyone, including the blind?” Surprisingly, this is still a topic for …

When Will the Litigation Stop? Read More

A group of United States senators recently wrote to the Attorney General to get an update on the Justice Department’s efforts to clarify compliance obligations for businesses with respect to website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act. This has been a long time coming and this is not the …

Still Waiting for the United States to Catch Up Read More

This article in the Washington Post about lawsuits being brought because of the lack of laws pertaining to new technology and the 1990’s era ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act) is interesting. It emphasizes once again that this problem is not going away anytime soon and it is becoming very expensive …

Lawsuits Fill the Void in Accessibility Legislation Read More

The aim of accessible publishing is to make reading easier or even possible for those who have difficulty doing so. This group includes people who are blind or visually impaired, people with learning disabilities, and people who are learning another language. Accessible publishing also gives people the choice to read …

Accessible Publishing – The Philosophy and the Process Read More

Canada’s first national accessibility law is now in force. The United States still awaits theirs. The Accessible Canada Act, Bill C-81, was passed unanimously through the Canadian Parliament in June of 2019. The law aims to proactively identify and remove, and to prevent barriers to accessibility in areas that fall …

Some Differences in Canadian and American Disability Laws Read More

  UsableNet, a leading provider of Accessibility Technology and Services has revealed, via its 2019 Midyear ADA Web & App Accessibility Report, that Lawsuits have reached a rate of one-an-hour in 2019. Think about it. That’s a lot, and no end is in sight. Remember, this number includes only claims …

Accessibility Lawsuits are Increasing Quickly! Read More