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Hachette and Accessibility: Creating Content that Can Be Used by Everyone

على Sep 21, 2020 12:29 PM

Francis Gurry reflects on his experience over the past 12 years at the helm of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and discusses some of the major challenges that lie ahead for the...

على Jul 15, 2020 8:24 AM

E.U. Directive on Accessibility Adds Impetus to International Efforts

على Mar 31, 2020 11:28 AM

The Accessible Books Consortium’s (ABC) Global Book Service has passed a major milestone, with half a million accessible works now available for cross-border, clearance-free exchange to benefit...

على Mar 10, 2020 11:20 AM

Macmillan Learning of the United States and Fondazione LIA of Italy are the winners of the 2020 ABC International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing. Macmillan Learning was recognized in...

على Feb 10, 2020 8:00 AM

The list of finalists for the 2020 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing has been released. This year’s winners will be announced during the awards ceremony held at the...

على Oct 29, 2019 8:28 AM

Nominations for the 2020 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing are now open and should be submitted by Monday, December 16, 2019, through the London Book Fair site. This...

على Oct 09, 2019 12:46 PM

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is now inviting capacity building project applications from organizations (or partnerships of organizations), working to produce books in accessible formats...

على Oct 01, 2019 7:15 AM

WIPO’s Director General, Mr. Francis Gurry presented his comprehensive annual report to member States and highlighted some of the organization’s many achievements, including the excellent results...

على Sep 26, 2019 7:00 AM

Accessible Books Consortium Welcomes Leading Publisher Hachette Livre as 100th Signatory to ABC’s Charter for Accessible Publishing

على Sep 20, 2019 7:00 AM

In September, world leaders will gather at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York to signal how they will boost action to respond to the climate emergency and ensure the health and well-being...

على Mar 12, 2019 8:30 PM

The 2019 winners of the ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing were announced at the awards ceremony held at the London Book Fair. The awards went to EDITORIAL 5 (ED5) of...

على Mar 04, 2019 3:11 PM

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations specialized agency, and its partners created the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) in 2014 to help implement the Marrakesh...

على Feb 14, 2019 4:34 AM

The short-list for the 2019 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing has been published. The names of the winners will be unveiled at the awards ceremony to be held at the...

على Jan 04, 2019 9:02 AM

The WIPO-led Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) celebrates January 4th as World Braille Day, which was designated as such for the first time in 2019 by the United Nations General Assembly to mark...

على Dec 03, 2018 10:47 AM

Hugo Setzer is President-elect of the International Publishers Association and CEO of Manual Moderno, a Mexico-based publisher of educational texts. In both roles, he is working towards producing...

على Nov 28, 2018 3:33 PM

The WIPO-led Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) and the Kalimat Foundation of the United Arab Emirates have agreed to collaborate on the production of a range of Arabic-language books specially...

على Nov 16, 2018 4:33 PM

Four new catalogues of accessible titles containing over 42,000 titles were recently uploaded to the ABC Global Book Service. These collections were supplied by the Bibliothèque et Archives...

على Nov 06, 2018 4:50 AM

ABC is now inviting nominations for the 2019 Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. This award recognizes outstanding leadership and achievements in...

على Oct 02, 2018 8:02 AM

The European Union has joined the Marrakesh VIP Treaty in a big expansion in membership for the accord, which eases the creation and transfer across national boundaries of texts specially adapted...

على Sep 24, 2018 1:13 PM

In his welcoming remarks to the 2018 WIPO Assemblies of Member States, WIPO’s Director General, Mr. Francis Gurry, explained that the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is a successful, active and...

على Apr 11, 2018 9:10 AM

Hachette Livre, France and the DAISY Forum of India are the winners of the 2018 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing, which was announced at the awards ceremony held at the...

على Mar 19, 2018 10:02 AM

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is pleased to launch a Guide for the production of Braille books in India using digital content. The Guide, produced by the DAISY Consortium with the generous...

على Feb 23, 2018 10:11 AM

The short-list for the 2018 ABC International Excellence Award in Accessible Publishing is out! The names of the winners will be announced at the awards ceremony to be held at the London Book Fair...

على Dec 01, 2017 4:50 PM

ABC is now inviting nominations for the 2018 Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. This award recognizes outstanding leadership and achievements in...

على Oct 06, 2017 12:37 PM

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) premiered a video on its capacity building project in Argentina at WIPO’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on October 6th, 2017. This is ABC’s first project...

على Oct 05, 2017 9:46 AM

In his annual report to the 2017 WIPO Assemblies of Member States, WIPO’s Director General, Mr. Francis Gurry, cited the “excellent results” achieved by the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) since...

على Jun 01, 2017 7:00 AM

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) has launched its rebranded "ABC Global Book Service" (previously known as the TIGAR Service) that enables libraries for the blind in different countries to...

على Mar 15, 2017 7:28 AM

The winners of the 2017 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing were announced last night. SAGE of the UK won in the publisher category, and Tiflonexos of Argentina won for...

على Feb 08, 2017 7:47 AM

The finalists for the 2017 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing were announced today. The six short-listed organizations come from all corners of the globe. The ABC Award...

على Nov 07, 2016 9:21 AM

The ABC is now inviting nominations for the 2017 Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. This award recognizes outstanding leadership and achievements...

على Oct 10, 2016 9:52 AM

The inaugural session of the Marrakesh Assembly was held at WIPO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on October 5, 2016. The contracting member states of the Marrakesh Treaty met for the first time...

على Oct 05, 2016 6:35 AM

Exchanging accessible books across borders – as easy as ABC

على Oct 04, 2016 3:16 PM

During his opening address to the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, Director General Francis Gurry noted the "significant progress" made by the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC). Director General...

على Sep 30, 2016 7:43 AM

To mark the entry into force of the Marrakesh Treaty, WIPO has organized a symbolic transfer of accessible books in audio format from Canada to Australia through the book service of the Accessible...

على Sep 02, 2016 7:53 AM

India’s largest collection of online accessible books called “Sugamya Pustakalay” was launched last week. This marks a huge step forward for the print-disabled community, since this online...

على Jul 22, 2016 12:10 PM

Stevie Wonder Congratulates UN Delegates on Entry into Force of Marrakesh Treaty

على Jun 30, 2016 7:34 AM

Two years after its launch on June 30, 2014, the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is celebrating positive results in all three of its main areas of activity, aimed at increasing the availability...

على Jun 30, 2016 7:33 AM

It is two years ago today that the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) was born. And we are delighted to be able to celebrate with the news that Canada's accession today to the Marrakesh Treaty to...

على Jun 22, 2016 2:17 PM

From May 16 to 18, 2016 over 300 delegates, speakers and moderators from more than 20 countries participated in the Take Part Conference in Stockholm to exchange experiences and information about...

على Apr 22, 2016 2:52 PM

World Book and Copyright Day is on April 23, 2016 and will be celebrated by millions of book lovers around the world. Many of these book lovers are fully-sighted; able to pick up a bestseller in a...

على Apr 13, 2016 5:30 AM

The winners of the 2016 Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing were announced during a popular awards ceremony at the London Book Fair last...

على Apr 11, 2016 1:22 PM

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) and the International Authors Forum (IAF) today launched the Accessible eBook Guidelines for Self-Publishing Authors . The guidelines describe how people with...

على Mar 10, 2016 10:47 AM

The 2016 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing shortlist has been announced. Nominees were judged on the criteria of outstanding leadership or achievements in improving the...

على Dec 02, 2015 2:38 PM

The ABC is now inviting nominations for the 2016 Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. This award recognizes outstanding leadership and achievements...

على Oct 15, 2015 9:27 AM

A new documentary film meets Nidhi, a 15-year old student living in northeastern India. Nearly a decade ago, an accident caused the blindness that could have ended her education. With the help of...

على Oct 12, 2015 9:24 AM

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry opened the Assemblies of the WIPO Member States on October 5, 2015 by noting the progress in public-private...

على Oct 07, 2015 10:29 AM

As a result of discussions held at the Africa Forum on the poor availability of accessible educational materials, the Accessible Books Consortium is now inviting project proposals from...

على Jul 09, 2015 11:42 AM

The Patent Landscape Report on Assistive Devices and Technologies for Visually and Hearing Impaired Persons was launched at WIPO in Geneva on June 29, 2015. This report is the first in the patent...

على May 18, 2015 12:19 PM

At a recent WIPO-UN event, panelists highlighted the key role that the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty and the ongoing development of assistive technologies play in addressing the “book famine” faced by...

على Apr 15, 2015 6:28 AM

April 15, 2015 Cambridge University Press and Bangladesh’s Young Power in Social Action are the joint winners of the inaugural Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award for...

على Mar 23, 2015 12:57 PM

The shortlist for the 2015 Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing has been announced. Nominees were judged on the criteria of “outstanding...

على Feb 06, 2015 3:27 PM

The ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing 2015 is now accepting applications and nominations. This award recognizes outstanding leadership or achievements in improving the...

على Jan 14, 2015 10:47 AM

Leading advocate Maryanne Diamond cites ABC in TEDx talk

على Dec 22, 2014 11:09 AM

Prominent leaders of the visually impaired community attending a WIPO-hosted meeting on December 9, 2014, emphasized the critical importance of collaborative efforts amongst civil society, the...

على Dec 16, 2014 9:26 AM

The Accessible Books Consortium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Action on Disability Rights and Development (ADRAD) for the production of 140 textbooks for primary and secondary...

على Dec 04, 2014 9:42 AM

Uruguay ratified the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled (the Marrakesh VIP Treaty) on December 1,...

على Dec 04, 2014 9:27 AM

Bangladeshi Coordinator recounts his personal journey to obtain accessible books in Bangladesh’, (DAISY Planet Newsletter, November 2014)

على Nov 03, 2014 9:54 AM

The Accessible Books Consortium signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saksham, a non-governmental organization serving persons who are visually impaired, for the production of approximately 180...

على Oct 30, 2014 9:53 AM

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ratified the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled (the Marrakesh VIP...