On our Graymatters webinar series, we conducted an informative webinar, titled “You’re Closer Than You Think to Having Accessible Books and Journals,” by Bill Kasdorf, principal, Kasdorf & Associates LLC. The webinar was moderated by Frances Daniele, director of accessibility and key relationships, Amnet.
This webinar talks about the following:
Bill Kasdorf
Bill Kasdorf is the principal of Kasdorf & Associates LLC, a consultancy focusing on editorial and production workflows, XML/HTML/EPUB content modeling, standards and best practices, and accessibility. He is also the founding partner of Publishing Technology Partners. Active in the W3C Publishing@W3C activity, Bill is the W3C global publishing evangelist. He cochairs two NISO Working Groups and is an active member of SSP, BISG, IPTC, and the DAISY Consortium. Recipient of the SSP Distinguished Service Award and the BISG Industry Champion Award, he is general editor of the Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing, serves on Learned Publishing’s editorial board, and is a columnist for Publishers Weekly.
Amnet is a Technabled services company with over 25 years of experience. For companies that need to make their content accessible, Amnet provides born accessible content and also remediates existing content. We help clients stay ahead of the curve and enable digital equality in compliance with global regulatory requirements such as ADA, WCAG, Section 508, and EAA. Amnet is a Benetech-certified accessible vendor.
Amnet caters to the needs of publishers, brands, agencies, and organizations to acquire, produce, and deliver content in the most efficient way possible.
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