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Accessible Reading Experiences
24. September 2024
In this session you can learn more and ask your questions about the opportunities and advantages of accessible ebooks for persons with a print impairment and the use of assistive technology and accessible ebooks.
Kirsi Ylänne and Miia Kirsi, accessibility specialists from the Accessibility Library Celia in Finland will answer your questions on this subject. Kirsi has over 20 years of experience working with accessible publications for the persons with print disabilities at Celia Library, while Miia’s background is in trade and digital educational publishing.
If you are a publishing professional or interested in learning more about accessibility, this type of event format is a unique opportunity to engage with experts in the accessibility field and ask them questions on specific topics. Each “Ask the Expert” event is a one-hour webinar, allowing participants to explore a specific topic in-depth and pose questions to the experts. During registration, participants are encouraged to submit in advance questions related to the event topic.
APACE (Accelerating Publishing Accessibility through Collaboration in Europe) is a medium-scale cooperation project co-funded in the framework of the Creative Europe programme for a duration of 24 months (January 2024 – December 2025).
The APACE network aims to enhance the capacity of the European publishing industry in the accessibility field, filling the current gap of competences and creating a new generation of professional experts. In order to uncover possible challenges and discuss possible solutions, it organizes a number of online and in person events.
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