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From: Iza Bartosiewicz
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 12:12AM
Subject: Advice on reating accessible e-books
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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.php
Top Tips for Creating Accessible EPUB 3 Files and an e-book sample
http://diagramcenter.org/54-9-tips-for-creating-accessible-epub-3-files.html
http://diagramcenter.org/standards-and-practices/accessible-image-sample-book.html
Accessibility and eBooks â Resources and an Interview
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2010/10/06/accessibility-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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"The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of
our suffering", Tom Waits
From: deborah.kaplan
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 8:01AM
Subject: Re: Advice on reating accessible e-books
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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.php
>
> Top Tips for Creating Accessible EPUB 3 Files and an e-book sample
> http://diagramcenter.org/54-9-tips-for-creating-accessible-epub-3-files.html
> http://diagramcenter.org/standards-and-practices/accessible-image-sample-book.html
>
> Accessibility and eBooks â Resources and an Interview
> http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2010/10/06/accessibility-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
>
> p: 99253103
> e: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> t: #Mr0wka18 <http://twitter.com/Mr0wka18>;
>
> l: www.linkedin.com/in/izabartosiewicz
>
>
> "The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of
> our suffering", Tom Waits
> > > --
From: L Snider
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 12:18PM
Subject: Re: Advice on reating accessible e-books
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I would highly recommend looking at EPUB, version 3 only...Version 3 is, in
my view, much better in terms of accessibility. It is based on HTML5 and
has the Daisy component as well-a powerhouse format.
Plus, someone just made me aware that Harper Collins just went all EPUB 3
this month, huge thing...I believe this is where all will go eventually.
This is also a good site:
http://handbook.floeproject.org/index.php?title=Inclusive_EPUB_3
Calibre is really good, but only does EPUB 2...which is too bad, because it
is a great, easy to use program.
As well, in terms of readers it is pretty good today. Take a look here for
some great information:
http://readium.org/
Cheers
Lisa
Lisa Snider
@archivesmatter
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:01 AM, < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> 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.php
>>
>> Top Tips for Creating Accessible EPUB 3 Files and an e-book sample
>> http://diagramcenter.org/54-9-tips-for-creating-accessible-
>> epub-3-files.html
>> http://diagramcenter.org/standards-and-practices/
>> accessible-image-sample-book.html
>>
>> Accessibility and eBooks â Resources and an Interview
>> http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2010/10/
>> 06/accessibility-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
>>
>> p: 99253103
>> e: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>> t: #Mr0wka18 <http://twitter.com/Mr0wka18>;
>>
>> l: www.linkedin.com/in/izabartosiewicz
>>
>>
>> "The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality
>> of
>> our suffering", Tom Waits
>> >> >> >>
>
> --
> > > >
>
From: Robert Jaquiss
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 12:43PM
Subject: Re: Advice on reating accessible e-books
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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
From: Yamanishi, Evan
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 12:55PM
Subject: Re: Advice on reating accessible e-books
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I second the EPUB 3 endorsement. The ultimate accessibility of the final
product depends heavily on how the document is created and how it is
prepared for EPUB, though. And for that I recommend InDesign.
Adobe¹s accessibility articles and videos for InDesign (not updated for
the latest version, but still good)
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/indesign.html
The Daisy guide, "Using Adobe InDesign to create accessible EPUB 3 files"
http://www.daisy.org/daisypedia/using-adobe-indesign-create-accessible-epub
-3-files
Evan Yamanishi
Media Accessibility Specialist
W. W. Norton & Company
500 5Th Avenue
New York, NY 10110
On 2/5/15, 2:18 PM, "L Snider" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>I would highly recommend looking at EPUB, version 3 only...Version 3 is,
>in
>my view, much better in terms of accessibility. It is based on HTML5 and
>has the Daisy component as well-a powerhouse format.
>
>Plus, someone just made me aware that Harper Collins just went all EPUB 3
>this month, huge thing...I believe this is where all will go eventually.
>
>This is also a good site:
>http://handbook.floeproject.org/index.php?title=Inclusive_EPUB_3
>
>Calibre is really good, but only does EPUB 2...which is too bad, because
>it
>is a great, easy to use program.
>
>As well, in terms of readers it is pretty good today. Take a look here for
>some great information:
>http://readium.org/
>
>Cheers
>
>Lisa
>
>
>Lisa Snider
>@archivesmatter
>
>
>
>
>On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:01 AM, < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> 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.php
>>>
>>> Top Tips for Creating Accessible EPUB 3 Files and an e-book sample
>>> http://diagramcenter.org/54-9-tips-for-creating-accessible-
>>> epub-3-files.html
>>> http://diagramcenter.org/standards-and-practices/
>>> accessible-image-sample-book.html
>>>
>>> Accessibility and eBooks Resources and an Interview
>>> http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2010/10/
>>> 06/accessibility-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
>>>
>>> p: 99253103
>>> e: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>>> t: #Mr0wka18 <http://twitter.com/Mr0wka18>;
>>>
>>> l: www.linkedin.com/in/izabartosiewicz
>>>
>>>
>>> "The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the
>>>quality
>>> of
>>> our suffering", Tom Waits
>>> >>> >>> >>>
>>
>> --
>> >> >> >>
>>
>>>
From: Iza Bartosiewicz
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 5:49PM
Subject: Re: Advice on reating accessible e-books
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Thanks for the link, Deborah. I've found the EPUB 3 Best Practices book
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024897.do?sortby=publicationDate,
but it doesn't look as useful as yours.
We are at the info-gathering stage. We've found plenty of general info, but
I thought it would be worth getting intel from people that have been
through the process of publishing an e-book and can recommend tools and
processes that worked for them.
cheers
Iza
> 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
From: JAKE JOEHL
Date: Tue, Feb 17 2015 5:31PM
Subject: Re: Advice on reating accessible e-books
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Hi all. I'm weighing in this discussion a bit late here, but I was wondering what y'all think of Apple's iBooks implementation on the Mac if any of you have tried it? I've read in a few placesâincluding Apple themselvesâthat iBooks is now accessible as of OS X Yosemite. Just this morning I tried it out for myself, and I'm very impressed so far. I was able to read part of Jonathan Mosen's book about ACB Radio, and I bookmarked my place because I had other things to do. But it seems to be very good in terms of VoiceOver performance.
Jake
Please visit me at http://jazzyjj.dreamwidth.org .
On Feb 5, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Iza Bartosiewicz < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
Thanks for the link, Deborah. I've found the EPUB 3 Best Practices book
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024897.do?sortby=publicationDate,
but it doesn't look as useful as yours.
We are at the info-gathering stage. We've found plenty of general info, but
I thought it would be worth getting intel from people that have been
through the process of publishing an e-book and can recommend tools and
processes that worked for them.
cheers
Iza
> 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