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What is an OCR tool? Let’s say you want to convert a physical book into a digital format. You can spend hours typing the entire book and correcting errors or use a scanner and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software and complete the process within hours with minimal errors. So, what is Optical Character Recognition (OCR)?Read more

The constantly evolving technology is significantly changing the way we live. However, there is not enough discussion happening around how we access this technology. It takes a great deal of effort to create a technological landscape that everyone can use or access.  For instance, if a website, app, or product is released in the market,Read more

What is closed captioning? Closed captions are in a way an extension of the subtitles that we see in a video; subtitles are a transcription of the spoken dialogue that appears at the bottom of the video. Closed captions go a step further, where the transcription is accompanied by sound effects, music, speaker identification, andRead more

Publishing print or digital content is a lengthy and cumbersome process and requires publishers to create several formats of documents and maintain them. Further, editing all these formats is another challenge and would mean you are looking at redundancy. However, using XML workflow allows you to do it much more simply and conveniently. Read onRead more

In 2017, Adobe announced that it would end support for its Flash plug-ins by 2020. This was followed up by announcements from Microsoft and Google, declaring that the plug-in will be disabled by the end of the year. Since Flex applications run on this plug-in, IT heads and product managers are now compelled to migrateRead more

Around 15% of the world’s population experiences some form of disability. This makes it important to have accessible content so that everyone can have equal opportunities to consume content.  Accessibility in PDF documents refers to enabling documents with features that assist persons with disabilities to read, listen to, and interact with the document. This canRead more

Web accessibility has been a growing concern for businesses and organizations across the world. With the increasing number of people with disabilities relying on the internet for information and services, websites must be designed and developed with accessibility in mind. A web accessibility solution can help organizations ensure that their website is accessible to everyone,Read more

Since time immemorial, books have been our best friends. In fact, when there were limited options for entertainment, the world of books provided an escape to a fantasy land. The times have changed, and the format may have changed too, but books remain one of the most-loved possessions for many. The only difference is thatRead more

Unlike earlier, when publishing houses were in control of the entire writing workflow from beginning to end, most publishing houses now, including large publishers, multinational publishers, and vernacular publishers outsource their copy-editing services. This is mainly because errors in the content/writing can undermine the validity of the overall content. Copy editing primarily focuses on preparingRead more