This presentation explores critical aspects of image descriptions and alt text, including a discussion of the collaborative effort needed to create inclusive digital content.
Accessibility
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How to make accessible ebooks: A workshop for beginners
- June 22, 2022
This workshop is for everyone who wants to learn how to make accessible, ready-for-the-market ebooks, regardless of their previous experience.
Working towards eBooks for Everyone
- November 17, 2022
All about the Accessible eBooks from Literary Presses project.
Audiobooks are often considered “accessible by default,” but in reality audiobooks aren’t fully usable by everyone in their current state. In this presentation we demonstrate the possibilities of audiobook accessibility.
This session is a pause-and-take-stock look at ebooks and accessibility, looking closely at: what work has been done up to now, the work that is going on at present, and what’s left to do.
Towards an accessible digital publishing ecosystem
- July 10, 2020
Accessibility is becoming increasingly important in the publishing industry. This presentation provides an overview of the different aspects involved for all the players who want to embrace accessibility.
This session covers accessibility issues in mainstream audiobook formats, the relevance of the DAISY standard for audiobooks, the new audiobook standard, and a discussion of various automated tools.
This session covers the partnership project between NNELS and independent Canadian publishers aimed at identifying and preventing accessibility barriers.
This presentation will prove that the way to accessibility in digital publications can be paved no matter what the situation, and why it should be the publisher’s concern.
Learn how to fix your backlist bestsellers, to shine them up to a newer EPUB specification and ready for the diverse needs of a broad spectrum of readers.
The accessibility supply chain: Reporting from the front lines of inclusive ebook production
- March 20, 2019
Shannon Culver (eBOUND Canada) and Sabina Iseli-Otto (National Network for Equitable Library Service) share some of the lessons learned at this year’s Accessible Publishing Summit.
The user’s perspective: Accessibility features in action
- March 19, 2019
Accessibility and Usability Consultant, Ka Li, from the National Network for Equitable Library Service, talks about how accessibility features are used (or can’t be used) by people with print disabilities.