Ace by DAISY App v1.4.6

This is version 1.4.6 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 v1.4.6
• Fixed accessibility metadata vocabulary (added missing value)
• Updated to the latest Electron v41 revision (still on Chromium 146)
• Updated NPM package dependencies (direct and transitive) and checked for supply chain malware using Socket Security Firewall and NPM audit
• Updated DAISY Knowledge Base to its latest revision

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 (Intel x64): download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• MacOS (Apple Silicon arm64 M1/M2/M3/M4/M5): download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows (Intel x64): download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Windows (arm64): download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux (Intel x64): 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_1.4.6_amd64.deb).
• Linux (arm64): 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_1.4.6_arm64.deb).

[latest-windows-intel] automated test build (beta)

Download links:

• Ace.by.DAISY.Setup.1.4.7-alpha.1.24928010499.exe

(build job: https://github.com/daisy/ace-gui/actions/runs/24928010499)

[latest-windows-arm] automated test build (beta)

Download links:

• Ace.by.DAISY.Setup.1.4.7-alpha.1.24928010499.exe

(build job: https://github.com/daisy/ace-gui/actions/runs/24928010499)

[latest-macos-intel] automated test build (beta)

Download links:

• Ace.by.DAISY-1.4.7-alpha.1.24928010499.dmg

(build job: https://github.com/daisy/ace-gui/actions/runs/24928010499)

[latest-macos-arm] automated test build (beta)

Download links:

• Ace.by.DAISY-1.4.7-alpha.1.24928010499-arm64.dmg

(build job: https://github.com/daisy/ace-gui/actions/runs/24928010499)

[latest-linux-intel] automated test build (beta)

Download links:

• ace-gui_1.4.7-alpha.1.24928010499_amd64.deb
• Ace.by.DAISY-1.4.7-alpha.1.24928010499.AppImage

(build job: https://github.com/daisy/ace-gui/actions/runs/24928010499)

[latest-linux-arm] automated test build (beta)

Download links:

• ace-gui_1.4.7-alpha.1.24928010499_arm64.deb
• Ace.by.DAISY-1.4.7-alpha.1.24928010499-arm64.AppImage

(build job: https://github.com/daisy/ace-gui/actions/runs/24928010499)

Ace by DAISY App v1.4.5

This is version 1.4.5 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 v1.4.5 release
• Updated Deque Axe-Core to the latest version 4.11.2 (Daisy fork)
• Updated to the latest Electron v41 version (Chromium 146)
• Updated NPM package dependencies (direct and transitive) and checked for supply chain malware using Socket Security Firewall and NPM audit
• Updated DAISY Knowledge Base to its latest revision
• Fixed language handling: when a translation is missing for a given locale, the English fallback now works as expected
• Fixed crash 'confTo.startsWith is not a function' (was related to EPUB2/3 metadata parsing, handling of "conformsTo")
• Feature: users can now disable the reporting of images/videos/audios media resources in order to improve performance and save storage space (command line argument or ACE_DO_NOT_REPORT_MEDIA_RESOURCES environment variable)
• Fix: dcterms:conformsTo values that start with a recognized prefix in the official EPUB accessibility specification but end differently trigger a "moderate" violation.
• Fix: in EPUB3 publications, accessibility metadata expressed using EPUB2 XML syntax is not valid (name + content).
• Fix: accessModeSufficient and accessibilitySummary are recommended (SHOULD, not MUST) but their translated messages were using the "must" term.
• Fix: missing OPF xml:lang in EPUB2 publications is not a violation, only with EPUB3.
• Fix: additional security safeguards for path traversal during resource requests on filesystem, activated Electron context isolation (Node integration was already disabled), blocked default web browser permission requests.
• Disabled unnecessarily-permissive Electron BrowserWindow webPreferences sandboxing

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 (Intel x64): download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• MacOS (Apple Silicon arm64 M1/M2/M3/M4): download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows (Intel x64): download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Windows (arm64): download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux (Intel x64): 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_1.4.5_amd64.deb).
• Linux (arm64): 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_1.4.5_arm64.deb).

Ace by DAISY App v1.3.6

This is version 1.3.6 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 v1.3.6 release which fixes incorrectly repeated page break / page list evaluation errors.
• Constrain image width in the table column to avoid wide landscape aspect ratio images pushing the subsequent cells

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 (Intel x64): download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• MacOS (Apple Silicon arm64 M1/M2/M3/M4): download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows (Intel x64): download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Windows (arm64): download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux (Intel x64): 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_1.3.6_amd64.deb).
• Linux (arm64): 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_1.3.6_arm64.deb).

Ace by DAISY App v1.3.5

This is version 1.3.5 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 v1.3.5 release which brings several key updates (please open the link to learn more about v1.3.3 which brought the most important changes).
• Updated the integrated offline copy of the DAISY Knowledge Base.
• Improved the table report layout (column widths, row heights), fixed cell rendering issues (long scrolling text, HTML snippets), fixed result pagination (numbers of rows per page), added click interaction on image thumbnails to open the full size image / original file.
• Fixed metadata editor value pickers, updated to latest EPUB Accessibility specification.
• Updated Japanese and German translations.
• Removed the useless HTML outline in the user interface (report).
• Added sponsor banner link.
• Added expert setting to change the default evaluation timeout of Ace core engine.

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 (Intel x64): download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• MacOS (Apple Silicon arm64 M1/M2/M3/M4): download the DMG file, open it, and drag the Ace by DAISY.app file into your Applications folder.
• Windows (Intel x64): download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Windows (arm64): download the NSIS installer, and follow the step-by-step instructions.
• Linux (Intel x64): 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_1.3.5_amd64.deb).
• Linux (arm64): 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_1.3.5_arm64.deb).