[Nfbnet-members-list] NFB eBooks and EPUB Accessibility Seminar - Thursday, March 23, 2017
Van Gerven, Clara
CVanGerven at nfb.org
Mon Mar 6 23:27:02 UTC 2017
NFB eBooks and EPUB accessibility event update
The National Federation of the Blind eBooks and
EPUB accessibility seminar is now less than three
weeks away on Thursday, March 23, 2017 and spaces
are filling up quickly. Because of the heavy
interest, we expect to reach full capacity during
the preregistration period, and so will not be
able to accept onsite registration.
Speakers
Speakers at this seminar include, but are not limited to:
* Dr. George Kerscher, President of the
International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF),
Chief Innovations Officer of the DAISY Consortium
* Bill Kasdorf, Vice President & Principal
Consultant, Content & Media Solutions at Apex CoVantage
* Rick Johnson, Vice President of Product
Strategy at VitalSource Technologies and board
member of the IMS Global Learning Consortium
* Sue-Ann Ma, Product Manager of Benetech Labs
* Jonathan Thurston, Head of Accessibility Product Management at Pearson
* Ronald Dutton, E-Text Production Manager at AMAC
Topics
Topics that will be covered include:
* Ushering in the born accessible era
* Center for Accessible Materials Innovation
(CAMI) research overview and EPUB production
* A tool for creating accessible EPUB
* Digital Image and Graphic Resources for
Accessible Materials (DIAGRAM) on accessible graphics and image description
* The importance of choosing your platform
and distribution channel reading system evaluation
* Accessibility certification
A full announcement of speakers, bios, and topics will be coming soon.
Registration
To ensure you do not miss this unique opportunity
to interface with many of the leading experts in
the field,
<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6392&qid=1593941>Register
now!
Registration is $100 (regular registration), and
$25 (student registration with valid student ID).
Further Information
For further information please visit the
<https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6813&qid=1683318>NFB
EPUB event page, or contact Ryan Pugh at rpugh at nfb.org
This event will be hosted under the auspices of
the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Center
of Excellence in Nonvisual Access to Education,
Public Information, and Commerce (CENA), with
financial support through the Non-Visual
Accessibility Initiative grant from the State of
Maryland. The CENA serves to share the
considerable knowledge that the NFB and its
partners have of web accessibility and access
technology in order to bring about greater
accessibility in government, education, and
business; to promote best practices nationally;
and to build Marylands status as leader in the field.
The National Federation of the Blind knows that
blindness is not the characteristic that defines
you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low
expectations create obstacles between blind
people and our dreams. You can live the life you
want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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United States
(410) 659-9314
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