The American Textbook Accessibility Act | Education IT | ZDNet.com: "Frankly, there is only one that I see that makes a lot of sense right now. EPUB, developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum, is open, XML-based, and can grow as our needs increase. Even this format, though, needs traction with major publishers.
Alternatively, it needs the sort of federal backing that got us on the moon. Well, ok, maybe not that much backing, but we need a standard and we need content. We need it sooner than later and it needs to be accessible to students worldwide, with and without disabilities. It’s time that the government stepped into this and mandated creation of an open, extensible standard. I even have a name for the legislation: “The American Textbook Accessibility Act.” Catchy, isn’t it?"
Thursday, July 30, 2009
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