- UKAAF will host ten sessions on accessibility during the course of the event
- UKAAF’s lunch-and-learn sessions are aimed at providing essential facts and information about accessible information standards.
- UKAAF board member, Tim Nelms, will host a panel on the Future of Accessible Information with participants from The DAISY Consortium and the PDF Association
London – November 11th, 2020 – The UK Association for Accessible Formats today announced that it has partnered with AbilityNet to make accessibility a key theme of TechShare Pro 2020, a specialist accessibility event hosted in the UK and targeted at a European audience.
Now in its 4th year, the conference is one of Europe’s leading accessibility and inclusive design events. It offers a blend of inspiration and practical insights, including business strategy, accessibility leadership and digital practice. Its goal is to share knowledge about how digital technology can build a more inclusive world for people with disabilities.
TechShare Pro 2020 will be an online event, hosted by Microsoft Teams. It will be conducted over three days with approximately 6 hours of session per day. Sponsors include Google, Microsoft, RNIB, Crawford Technologies and others. UKAAF is hosting 10 sessions on accessibility across the three days namely:-
- Accessible information – drop-in session
- Accessible information – panel session
- Introduction to UKAAF and Accessible Information Standards, Tim Nelms
- Introduction to Braille, Jim McCafferty
- Introduction to Accessible PDF, Tim Nelms
- Introduction to DAISY and EPUB, Richard Orme
- Introduction to Accessible Office documents, Jeff Mills
- Introduction to Large Print, David Scott
- Introduction to Accessible music, Clare Gailans
- Introduction to Audio and TTS, Peter Bosher
Commenting on the event, UKAAF board member Tim Nelms said, “Over the course of three days, our subject area experts are hosting sessions on Braille, large print, audio, EPUB, PDF, Office Documents and Music. We’re not only providing introductory sessions on important accessible information standards, but you can see demonstrations of assistive technology and we’ll be exploring the future of accessible information standards with The DAISY Consortium and The PDF Association.”
TechShare Pro runs from Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 November and AbilityNet is offering UKAAF members a 25% discount. Book your ticket now using our special member’s discount code: UKAAF_25. Use this link to see the event video from 2019.
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