[latest-windows] continuous test build (prerelease)

CI build job: https://github.com/daisy/ace-gui/actions/runs/5731212531

[latest-osx] continuous test build (prerelease)

CI build job: https://github.com/daisy/ace-gui/actions/runs/5731212531

[latest-linux] continuous test build (prerelease)

CI build job: https://github.com/daisy/ace-gui/actions/runs/5731212531

Ace by DAISY App v1.3.2

This is version 1.3.2 of the Ace by DAISY App, the official graphical user interface for the EPUB accessibility checker developed by the DAISY Consortium. The Ace App is available for the Windows, MacOS and Linux desktop operating systems.

Release Notes - Summary

Here is a list of notable changes since the previous release:

• Upgraded to DAISY Ace v1.3.2 release which brings several EPUB metadata fixes (alignment with W3C Community Group specifications).
• Updated DAISY Knowledge Base (integrated offline documentation browser)
• Upgraded Electron to the latest v25 revision at the time of release

Further Information

Documentation about the core projects (command line, HTTP interface, etc.) is available at the Ace support website. There is a dedicated subsection for Ace App.

The Inclusive Publishing hub provides useful guidance as well as higher-level marketing material.

Developers are encouraged to check the project homepage to learn more, as well as the GitHub Wiki pages.

Installation

• MacOS: download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows: download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux: download the AppImage file, and double-click the icon to immediately start using the application. Alternatively, you may download the Debian package to install the app via your package manager (e.g. sudo apt install ace-gui_1.3.2_amd64.deb).

Ace by DAISY App v1.3.0

This is version 1.3.0 of the Ace by DAISY App, the official graphical user interface for the EPUB accessibility checker developed by the DAISY Consortium. The Ace App is available for the Windows, MacOS and Linux desktop operating systems.

Release Notes - Summary

Here is a list of notable changes since the previous release:

• Upgraded to DAISY Ace v1.3.0 release which is based on the DAISY fork of Deque Axe version 4.7.2 (see daisy/axe-core#11 ). This brings many fixes and alignments with the latest ARIA specifications.
• Support for the EPUB Accessibility 1.1 specification "Conformance and Discoverability Requirements for EPUB publications" (W3C Recommendation dated 25 May 2023).
• Updated DAISY Knowledge Base (local documentation browser)
• Fixed accessibility metadata conformsTo which can be a string label in spec 1.1, but was only URL (IDPF WCAG) in spec 1.0 => link vs. meta handling is now updated
• Fixed ordering rule/check in page list.
• accessibilitySummary metadata is now recommended (SHOULD), not required (MUST). The impact/severity is downgraded from serious to moderate.
• conformsTo metadata is a link in the a11y spec. 1.0 (IDPF WCAG URLs), but can be string label in 1.1
• metadata "refines" is not filtered out for a11y properties that are globally hoisted to the level of the publication (unlike say, media overlays duration for individual spine items, or dc:title subtitle title-type refine)
• Updated Electron to latest version which includes a recent Chromium web browser engine revision (same as Ace "core" / command line, which now runs by default on Electron in order to ensure consistent reports with the GUI app).

Further Information

Documentation about the core projects (command line, HTTP interface, etc.) is available at the Ace support website. There is a dedicated subsection for Ace App.

The Inclusive Publishing hub provides useful guidance as well as higher-level marketing material.

Developers are encouraged to check the project homepage to learn more, as well as the GitHub Wiki pages.

Installation

• MacOS: download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows: download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux: download the AppImage file, and double-click the icon to immediately start using the application. Alternatively, you may download the Debian package to install the app via your package manager (e.g. sudo apt install ace-gui_1.3.0_amd64.deb).

Ace by DAISY App v1.1.5

This is version 1.1.5 of the Ace by DAISY App, the official graphical user interface for the EPUB accessibility checker developed by the DAISY Consortium. The Ace App is available for the Windows, MacOS and Linux desktop operating systems.

Release Notes - Summary

Here is a list of notable changes since the previous release:

• Upgraded to DAISY Ace v1.2.7 release which is based on the DAISY fork of Deque Axe version 4.4.2
• Support for the EPUB Accessibility 1.1 specification "Conformance and Discoverability Requirements for EPUB publications" (W3C Candidate Recommendation Draft dated 07 June 2022)
• Updated to the latest version of Electron (v19), which not only runs the application but also the Ace webview accessibility checks under the hood
• Latest DAISY Knowledge Base (local offline copy), and fixed a Unicode UTF8 character bug
• Increased the default number of rows in the data grid (accessibility report)
• Fixed minor GUI issues (redundant text, consistent casing, improved whitespace)
• Updated the CI (Continuous Integration) Windows backend, automated developer / tester builds

Further Information

Documentation about the core projects (command line, HTTP interface, etc.) is available at the Ace support website. There is a dedicated subsection for Ace App.

The Inclusive Publishing hub provides useful guidance as well as higher-level marketing material.

Developers are encouraged to check the project homepage to learn more, as well as the GitHub Wiki pages.

Installation

• MacOS: download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows: download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux: download the AppImage file, and double-click the icon to immediately start using the application. Alternatively, you may download the Debian package to install the app via your package manager (e.g. sudo apt install ace-gui_1.1.5_amd64.deb).

Ace by DAISY App v1.1.4

This is version 1.1.4 of the Ace by DAISY App, the official graphical user interface for the EPUB accessibility checker developed by the DAISY Consortium. The Ace App is available for the Windows, MacOS and Linux desktop operating systems.

Release Notes - Summary

Here is a list of notable changes since the previous release:

• Now based on the official DAISY Ace v1.2.6 release, which itself depends on a DAISY adaptation of the latest Deque Axe library version 4.4.0 (which includes DPUB ARIA 1.1 updates, as well as many other improved checker rules, see daisy/axe-core#8 )
• Updated to the latest version of Electron v17 (very recent build of Chromium, the underlying browser engine), which brings improved support for screen readers as well as many other performance enhancements and bug fixes.
• Removed the HTTP server which could cause firewall issues, in both the Ace core under the hood and the DAISY Knowledge Base server (now based on a custom URL protocol handler).
• The exported Ace evaluation report (JSON and HTML) now contains information about Ace App (GUI) in addition to the version of the core / command line tool.
• The metadata properties accessibilityControl and accessibilityAPI are now discouraged. Ace reports them as "present", but not as "missing", and does not check their values syntax. The GUI editor allows them to be removed but not added.
• The generated HTML report now references local JS and CSS dependencies (they were external links before)
• Added Japanese localisation (many thanks to the translators!)
• Updated the DAISY Knowledge Base to the latest December 2021 edits.

Known Issues

Same as the previous release

Further Information

Documentation about the core projects (command line, HTTP interface, etc.) is available at the Ace support website. There is a dedicated subsection for Ace App.

The Inclusive Publishing hub provides useful guidance as well as higher-level marketing material.

Developers are encouraged to check the project homepage to learn more, as well as the GitHub Wiki pages.

Installation

• MacOS: download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows: download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux: download the AppImage file, and double-click the icon to immediately start using the application. Alternatively, you may download the Debian package to install the app via your package manager (e.g. sudo apt install ace-gui_1.1.4_amd64.deb).

Ace by DAISY App v1.1.3

This is version 1.1.3 of the Ace by DAISY App, the official graphical user interface for the EPUB accessibility checker developed by the DAISY Consortium. The Ace App is available for the Windows, MacOS and Linux desktop operating systems.

Release Notes - Summary

Here is a list of notable changes since the previous release:

• Now based on the official DAISY Ace v1.2.1 release, which itself depends on a DAISY adaptation of the Deque Axe library.
• Updated to the latest version of Electron, which offer slightly improved support for screen readers.
• Danish translation
• Removed EPUB file extension association which was causing conflicts with reading systems
• Fixed the report table pagination, and erratic width
• Fixed the DAISY Knowledge Base local browser (edge cases with external link handling) and added a "back" navigation arrow.
• Updated to the latest DAISY KB revision, which includes a search tool and a useful glossary index.
• Fixed the image preview in the validation report

Known Issues

Same as the previous release

Further Information

Documentation about the core projects (command line, HTTP interface, etc.) is available at the Ace support website. There is a dedicated subsection for Ace App.

The Inclusive Publishing hub provides useful guidance as well as higher-level marketing material.

Developers are encouraged to check the project homepage to learn more, as well as the GitHub Wiki pages.

Installation

• MacOS: download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows: download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux: download the AppImage file, and double-click the icon to immediately start using the application. Alternatively, you may download the Debian package to install the app via your package manager (e.g. sudo apt install ace-gui_1.1.3_amd64.deb).

Ace by DAISY App v1.1.2

This is version 1.1.2 of the Ace by DAISY App, the official graphical user interface for the EPUB accessibility checker developed by the DAISY Consortium. The Ace App is available for the Windows, MacOS and Linux desktop operating systems.

Release Notes - Summary

Here is a list of notable changes since the previous release:

• Fixed support for EPUB accessibility metadata link "rel" attribute (was "property").
• Updated the DAISY Knowledge Base to include the accessibility metadata fix as well.
• Fixed a Windows bug related to corrupted zip directory entries (backslash path separators)
• Upgraded several application dependencies (NPM packages).

Known Issues

Same as the previous release

Further Information

Documentation about the core projects (command line, HTTP interface, etc.) is available at the Ace support website. There is a dedicated subsection for Ace App.

The Inclusive Publishing hub provides useful guidance as well as higher-level marketing material.

Developers are encouraged to check the project homepage to learn more, as well as the GitHub Wiki pages.

Installation

• MacOS: download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows: download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux: download the AppImage file, and double-click the icon to immediately start using the application. Alternatively, you may download the Debian package to install the app via your package manager (e.g. sudo apt install ace-gui_1.1.2_amd64.deb).

Developer Notes

The source code for this ace-gui release is tagged as v1.1.2. Under the hood, the latest pre-release build of Ace is used (version v1.2.0-beta.x). The Ace App is therefore based on a special code branch of the core Ace project, which satisfies the technical requirements of the desktop graphical user interface. This branch includes an up to date version of Axe.

More information in this developer-oriented wiki page.

Ace by DAISY App v1.1.1

This is version 1.1.1 of the Ace by DAISY App, the official graphical user interface for the EPUB accessibility checker developed by the DAISY Consortium. The Ace App is available for the Windows, MacOS and Linux desktop operating systems.

Release Notes - Summary

Here is a list of notable changes since the previous release:

• schema:accessibilityHazard is a required metadata in EPUB
• the DAISY Knowledge Base URL for accessibility metadata has changed
• updated application dependencies (various NPM packages)

Known Issues

Same as the previous release

Further Information

Documentation about the core projects (command line, HTTP interface, etc.) is available at the Ace support website. There is a dedicated subsection for Ace App.

The Inclusive Publishing hub provides useful guidance as well as higher-level marketing material.

Developers are encouraged to check the project homepage to learn more, as well as the GitHub Wiki pages.

Installation

• MacOS: download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows: download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux: download the AppImage file, and double-click the icon to immediately start using the application. Alternatively, you may download the Debian package to install the app via your package manager (e.g. sudo apt install ace-gui_1.1.1_amd64.deb).

Developer Notes

The source code for this ace-gui release is tagged as v1.1.1. Under the hood, the latest pre-release build of Ace is used (version v1.2.0-beta.x). The Ace App is therefore based on a special code branch of the core Ace project, which satisfies the technical requirements of the desktop graphical user interface. This branch includes an up to date version of Axe.

More information in this developer-oriented wiki page.