Transcript An Introduction to TechDis

ebooks
From strategy to practice
The long view
o Publisher accessibility awareness influences reading
lists (eg Oxford) or library procurement (Dundee).
o Librarians and disability support staff offer wider PDF
service, increasing demand for accessible pdfs.
o Publishers seek to save money on PDF provision so
invest in accessible ebooks.
o Publishers put pressure on rest of supply chain to
maintain their accessibility investments.
o Most textbooks become available on accessible ebook
platforms or devices.
Research & guidance - 1
o JISC TechDis research and summary on
accessible ebook platforms
o Towards Accessible e-Book Platforms Research
o Towards Accessible e-Book Platforms - guidance for
publishers
o Moving Towards Accessible e-Book Platforms - guidance for
library and information professionals
Research & guidance - 2
o RNIB publisher advice centre
o RNIB ebook advice and guidance - formats,
comparisons etc.
o Practical guides for publishers and users
o Can everyone read your books? (doc, 91)
o Can everyone use your eBook reader? (doc, 48kb)
Achievements – 1
Buy-in
o Joint statement on TTS 2010/11 (with
significant impact on top 100 booksales).
o Joint statement on ebook accessibility
2012
o “Publishers are committed to working with the advocacy
organisations working for people with print impairment to ensure
that our common ambition is achieved – making mainstream
ebooks accessible to those with print impairments.”
Achievements – 2
Ownership
We are therefore looking to work together:
o with the developers of ebook devices and platforms to ensure that these
provide the accessibility features which serve the needs of the widest possible
market;
o with the actors in the supply chain for ebooks – digital asset
distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and library services – to ensure that they are
aware of the needs of print impaired readers, and that the supply chain itself is
accessible to them;
o with people with print impairment to ensure that they know which assistive
technologies are most appropriate to their needs and to help them to identify ebooks
that are accessible to them;
o with learning providers and libraries to support them in their obligations to
provide learning resources in accessible formats.
Achievements – 3
Standards
o National occupational standards for
Publishing redrafted early 2012.
o Previous standards had no mention of
accessibility.
o Current standards explicitly reference it in
over 40 different contexts across a wide
range of industry roles.
Achievements – 4
Training
Free training modules being developed with
JISC TechDis and EDitEUR – see online
training module and accessible version
Achievements – 5
Self awareness
Achievements – 6
Metadata
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Table of contents navigation
Index navigation
Reading order
Short / Full alternative descriptions
Visualised data also available as non-graphical data
Accessible math content
Print-equivalent page numbering
Down to earth..
Procurement - what to ask .
Were disabled people involved in the
testing? What disabilities? What results?
What improvements resulted? How does
your accessibility compare with your
rivals? Which aspects of the RNIB
guidance on ebooks or ebook readers do
you fulfil?
Indicators – ebook
platforms.
o Text to speech?
o Keyboard accessible skip-links?
o Maximum zoom size?
o Reflow of zoomed text?
o Contrast / colour change?
o Meaningful accessibility statement?
Indicators - hardware
readers.
o Text to speech? Content or menus?
o Maximum zoom size?
o Contrast / colour change?
o Dexterity needed to work the device.
o Accessibility of support software /
webpages?
Play time
o Try some readers and recommend which
you’d use for
o Dyslexic user
o Partially sighted user
o Blind user