Category
page 1Accessible information
Project Gutenberg
volunteer effort to digitize and archive books

audiobook
An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements.
LibriVox
LibriVox is a group of worldwide volunteers who read and record public domain texts, creating free public domain audiobooks for download from their website and other digital library hosting sites on the internet. It was founded in 2005 by Hugh McGuire with the objective to "make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet."
web accessibility
property of webpages and web applications that measures how easily people in different circumstances (such as disability) can access information or use the tool
plain language
writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly, easily, and completely as possible
Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY)
technical standard for digital audiobooks, periodicals and computerized text
Project Runeberg
digital cultural archive initiative that publishes free electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries
Gemini
internet protocol
easy read
method of presenting written texts to make them easier to understand for people with learning disabilities
WAI-ARIA
Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) is a technical specification published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that specifies how to increase the accessibility of web pages, in particular, dynamic content, and user interface components developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies.
Accessible Books Consortium