NNELS’ team of accessibility testers tested a variety of reading platforms and applications for accessibility and usability. Each report features functionality, usefulness, and developer recommendations for improvement.
The goal of this project was to help users find out how accessible different applications are, to help libraries make...
Read moreThe Under-represented Voices Project started in 2020 from a commitment to working with narrators that can represent the texts they are reading! This meant reaching out through Social media and offering free training in recording and voice alongside standard narration wages to make the project as open as possible to diverse talent.
Since...
Read moreThe First Nations, Inuit and Métis Voices Project came out of a need for more accessible Indigenous authored titles and a commitment to working with narrators that can represent what they are reading!
We began this journey with a search for Indigenous narrators and authors! We tweeted, zoomed and searched across social media, publishers,...
Read moreSince 2018, NNELS has worked with over 100 publishers from across Canada. We have provided workshops on accessibility, worked together to make new releases available in physical and electronic braille, and audited dozens of their ebooks. Out of this work has come a set of user friendly, plain language resources that will help publishers make more...
Read moreNNELS Accessible Publishing Summit is an annual event that brings together accessible publishing experts and key stakeholders in the creation and distribution of accessible books. In February of 2021, the third Accessible Publishing Summit was held virtually. This event brought together over 100 passionate participants to discuss the state of...
Read moreWe are excited to announce that we have created accessible metadata for our repository. This is part of our ongoing efforts to improve our catalogue for our readers.
The goal of this accessible metadata is to give readers more data so they can search by accessibility features to make it easier to discover the files that will work for their...
Read moreCongratulations to this year's Governor General’s Literary Award Winners! From the hundreds of submissions come fourteen outstanding books in seven categories and both official languages.
Founded in 1936, the Governor General's Literary Awards have an annual value of $450,000. Each winner receives $25,000, non-winning finalists receive $1,000...
Read moreNNELS is proud to announce a new simultaneous braille release as part of the Braille for New Publications Project: Women, film, and law: cinematic representation of female incarceration by Suzanne Bouclin.
Women, Film, and Law...
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