ea11: sarah hilderley - accessible publishing
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Accessible publishing: best practice guidelines for publishers. A talk by Sarah Hilderley, Accessibility Project Lead, EDItEUR, at e-Access '11, 28 June 2011.TRANSCRIPT
The Future of Accessibility
Accessible PublishingBest practice guidelines
for publishers
Accessible Publishing?
What is being asked of the publisher in today’s user-oriented environment?
Choice of Access for us all
Mainstream ebooks can have accessibility features built in from the start
Three routes to Accessibility
• Supply accessible files at the request of a specific reader
• Utilise out of house help through third party organisations
• Accessibility features will already be built in to mainstream files
Policy Makers and Senior Execs
• Company Policy
• Appoint a person responsible
• Understand the issues
Internal Advocate
Responsibilities:Documentation & CommunicationEvangelising & Promoting AwarenessInfluencing decision making at all levels
Where to start:Audit & SurveyUnderstand your business
Technology
Mainstream publications will become available to everyone
DAISY & EPUB3
Accessibility by Design
Benefits to business
Commercial
Ethical
Legal
Company PR
Enabling Technologies Framework Project
www.editeur.org/109/Enabling-Technologies-Framework/
Sarah Hilderley [email protected]