Four Best Practices for Web Content Accessibility (WCA)
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] The web is an extremely important resource in many aspects of our lives: employment, recreation, commerce, education, health care, etc. Therefore, it is crucial that the Web is accessible to offer equal opportunity and access to everyone, including people with disabilities too. What is content accessibility on a website? […]
What it takes to execute a successful data conversion process: Best practices
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] How does one make high volume of legacy data, in hard copy or PDF, accessible to the modern digital media and that too quickly and sans errors? It’s all about data conversion done right. A good data conversion process can convert any form of Word document, PDF, hard copy […]
World Braille Day – Jan 4, 2018
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Today is World Braille Day, and as we laud Louis Braille’s contributions in helping blind and visually impaired to read and write, it aligns with Amnet’s vision of providing digital equality by making content accessible to everyone. In this age of advancing technologies, reaching the widest possible audience is […]
Editing can spell the difference between publishing success or failure
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Every manuscript needs editing, and no two editors are the same. Having said that, finding an editor who matches their style of work and is adept in all the various styles of editing is one of the biggest challenges for authors and publishers today, given the speed at which […]
Accessibility for Education Publishers: The Hidden Opportunity
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Picture this – a swanky new building comes up with state-of-the-art architecture to boast, but ironically, it is devoid of ramps, lifts, and other features required making it accessible for those with disabilities. How would the latter feel? Rightly outraged and just the way digitally inaccessible course content makes […]
eBook reading is no longer a trend – It’s a solid reality
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] As smartphones and tablets become ubiquitous and the number of eBook readers soars, eBook reading has emerged as one of the hottest trends in publishing. Digest this – in the U.S alone, eBook sales have grown almost 3000% over the last 10 years. In fact, 70% of adult fiction sales were digital in 2016. […]
Accessibility Partners
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Amnet has long banged the drum that accessibility issues should be addressed and standardized across all digital platforms and media, and it is not alone in doing so. Publishing giants including Elsevier, HarperCollins Publishers, Harvard Business Publishing, Macmillan Learning, Penguin Random House, Apex CoVantage, to name a few, have all […]