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Re: Advice on reating accessible e-books

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From: Robert Jaquiss
Date: Feb 5, 2015 12:43PM

Hello:

If your book contains images, I suggest checking out the resources from DIAGRAM. The site is:
http://diagramcenter.org/
There is information on how to describe images and some examples.

Regards,

Robert


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Have you tried "Accessible EPUB 3," by Matt Garrish?

https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/accessible-epub-3/9781449329297/

Are you running into particular difficulties, or are you just looking for more general best practices?

Deborah Kaplan


On Thu, 5 Feb 2015, Iza Bartosiewicz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone here have experience in publishing accessible e-books? I
> would be grateful for advice, particularly around the best software
> for creating e-books and some tried and tested guidelines.
>
> Here are just some resources I've found already:
>
> Sopherism software
> https://github.com/Jbprod/Sopherim
>
> Oxygen software
> http://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_author.html
>
> Accessible e-Readers: e-book formats
> http://www.accessiq.org/news/news/2014/05/accessible-e-readers-e-book-
> formats
>
> EPUB 3 accessibility guidelines/checklist
> http://www.idpf.org/accessibility/guidelines/
> Checklist might be handy:
> http://www.idpf.org/accessibility/guidelines/content/qa/qa-checklist.p
> hp
>
> Top Tips for Creating Accessible EPUB 3 Files and an e-book sample
> http://diagramcenter.org/54-9-tips-for-creating-accessible-epub-3-file
> s.html
> http://diagramcenter.org/standards-and-practices/accessible-image-samp
> le-book.html
>
> Accessibility and eBooks – Resources and an Interview
> http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2010/10/06/accessibili
> ty-and-ebooks-resources-and-an-interview/
>
> Accessibility from the publisher's perspective
> http://www.editeur.org/files/Events pdfs/Accessibility Seminars/Chris
> Rogers.pdf
>
> DAISY / EPUB 3 Developments (collection of links)
> http://www.daisy.org/daisy-epub-3-developments
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Iza
>
>
> Iza Bartosiewicz
> Library Website Coordinator
> RMIT University
>
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