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1. Accessible Publishing
Sarah Hilderley

2. International standards body co-ordinating the
development of the standards infrastructure for
electronic commerce in the book, e-book and
serials sectors.

3. Enabling Technologies Framework
WIPO’s visually impaired person’s
initiative to facilitate access to
copyrighted works for people with print
disabilities.

4. Enabling Technologies Framework

5. WHAT IS ACCESSIBLE PUBLISHING?
Choice of Access

6. Statistics
10% of the developed world and 15% of
the developing world have some degree
of print impairment.

7. Print
Impairment
visual
impairment
dyslexia
age- related
macular
degeneration
motor
disabilities

8. Statistics
By 2015, there will be over 1.2 billion
computer users over the age of 55.

9. We are all, at times, disabled
A title which offers the maximum flexibility of
user experience for all readers and allows the
content to be accessed and manipulated with
ease by those with or without disabilities
Choice of access is about personal requirements – all of us make
choices every day about where, when and how we access our
technology.

10. E-books offer accessibility opportunities
This is about new technology and the
opportunities that e-books offer through
mainstream publications.
Same time, same price, same format = same
access

11. The e-book package
Large print has become a universal concept
Personal customisation of the appearance
Text to Speech
Built in Navigation with a consistent structure

13. Accessible Publishing
Guidance
Training – online learning objects
Supply chain collaboration to
Improve awareness

14. ACCESSIBLE PUBLISHING,
BEST PRACTICE
GUIDELINES
FOR PUBLISHERS
http://www.visionip.org/inclusive_publishing/en/

15. Three routes to accessibility
1. Supply specialist accessible files directly from the publisher at the
request of a specific reader or those on behalf of specific readers
2. Utilise the help of Intermediaries who can re-format files
3. Supply Mainstream file formats which are fully accessible from the
outset

17. High level guidance
What is an accessible product?
Departmental guidelines
Guidance for senior executives
Guidance for in-house advocates
Resources

18. Technical guidance
Departmental advice for Production and IT
How to add meaningful structure to documents
How to conduct a technical audit of your product
Resources

19. Company Policy to show top level commitment
Appoint an internal advocate
Understand the issues
Senior Executives

20. Responsible for internal communications
Promote awareness
Influence decision making
Conduct an accessibility audit
Understand the business and the digital strategy
Internal Advocate

21. Structure, structure, and more structure!
Simple layouts and design allowing user customisation
The challenges of illustrated titles
Editorial and Design

22. Workflow options for digital product
Capture and retain the structure
For the purposes of accessibility, a well
structured document produced in an XML
workflow can be the first step towards success.
Production and IT

23. EPUB 3
 The interchange & delivery format for digital publications based on XML
and web standards
 Enables structured, accessible web content, interoperable between devices
& applications, for downloaded and online consumption
 Content with navigational structure & metadata, in a ZIP-based package

24. EPUB 3 & DAISY
Semantics from DAISY Authoring & Interchange preserved
Synchronized audio & video playback with text display
Media overlays
Pronunciation lexicon support
Math ML support
JavaScript controls
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25. George Kerscher
“The EPUB 3 activity was chartered with a commitment to deliver
a specification that would meet the rapidly changing landscape of
digital publishing. It is amazing to have such a high profile
specification become a global standard in such a short time. There
is worldwide interest in EPUB 3 – this fully accessible digital
publishing standard will change the world forever.”

26. International Reaction
English
French
Spanish
German
Italian
Japanese
Hindi
Arabic

27. TRAINING
http://www.visionip.org/inclusive_publishing/en/
Open source learning objects to improve
understanding and assist implementation

28. To Complement the Guidelines
An Introduction to Print Impairment
Accessible Formats
Accessible Metadata
Accessible Images
EPUB 3 and Accessibility

29. Practical 10 minute overviews

30. To assist implementation

31. And improve understanding

32. Commercial
Ethical
Legal
Public Relations
Employee Moral
The Business Benefits

33. SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION

34. What makes supply chain work?
Website must be accessible
Retail ordering must be accessible
Content must conform to guidelines and best practices
Reading System must be fully accessible to a person using
Assistive Technology

35. Accessibility affects us all
The individual choices of each consumer are driving the digital
changes in our industry
Choice of access allows the consumer
to tailor their experience
Sarah Hilderley
shilderley@gmail.com
@accessiblebooks