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From: _mallory
Date: Fri, Mar 18 2016 8:56AM
Subject: ePUB testing tools?
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Hi,
someone on twitter said they're currently saving ePUBs as a .zip
and testing page by page, and they wondered if there were any
tools that could check at least some of the WCAG2 guidelines?
I did a browse of the more recent ePUB threads on the webAIM
site but they seemed to be more about the ePUB3 standard and
creating ePUBS. I didn't search very far back though so if
someone knows there's a thread, just tell me there is one and
I'll search harder :)
cheers,
Mallory
From: L Snider
Date: Fri, Mar 18 2016 9:23AM
Subject: Re: ePUB testing tools?
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Hi Mallory,
Try this one:
http://validator.idpf.org/
More info on the desktop version:
http://epubzone.org/news/epub-3-validation
Cheers
Lisa
On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:56 AM, _mallory < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hi,
> someone on twitter said they're currently saving ePUBs as a .zip
> and testing page by page, and they wondered if there were any
> tools that could check at least some of the WCAG2 guidelines?
>
> I did a browse of the more recent ePUB threads on the webAIM
> site but they seemed to be more about the ePUB3 standard and
> creating ePUBS. I didn't search very far back though so if
> someone knows there's a thread, just tell me there is one and
> I'll search harder :)
>
> cheers,
> Mallory
> > > > >
From: L Snider
Date: Fri, Mar 18 2016 9:32AM
Subject: Re: ePUB testing tools?
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Oops, sorry! That only checks the EPUB structure...although it is a useful
tool.
Cheers
Lisa
On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:23 AM, L Snider < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hi Mallory,
>
> Try this one:
> http://validator.idpf.org/
>
> More info on the desktop version:
> http://epubzone.org/news/epub-3-validation
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:56 AM, _mallory < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> someone on twitter said they're currently saving ePUBs as a .zip
>> and testing page by page, and they wondered if there were any
>> tools that could check at least some of the WCAG2 guidelines?
>>
>> I did a browse of the more recent ePUB threads on the webAIM
>> site but they seemed to be more about the ePUB3 standard and
>> creating ePUBS. I didn't search very far back though so if
>> someone knows there's a thread, just tell me there is one and
>> I'll search harder :)
>>
>> cheers,
>> Mallory
>> >> >> >> >>
>
>
From: Romain
Date: Fri, Mar 18 2016 12:37PM
Subject: Re: ePUB testing tools?
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Hi,
First, since this is my first email to this list, let me briefly introduce myself: I'm Romain Deltour, doing software and standards development for the DAISY Consortium. I'm involved in IDPF's EPUB WG and W3C's DPUB IG. I'm also a contributor to EpubCheck, IDPF's EPUB conformance checker.
Back to the email's subject :)
There are not many tools that can help checking WCAG for EPUB. The only one I know is the Automated Accessibility Checker part of IBM's Bluemix services. But I can't vouch for it since I've only very quickly tested the trial version, and with very basic content.
Also, it happens that we just launched a DAISY project (last month in Baltimore [1]) to improve the state of accessibility in EPUB. One of the deliverables is precisely an open-source accessibility checking tool. It's too early for the details, but it will highly likely rely on one of the existing open-source web accessibility checkers...
If you want to know more, watch this space (the website is young and still evolving):
http://inclusivepublishing.org/
Best,
Romain.
[1] http://www-03.ibm.com/able/accessibility_research_projects/bluemix_services.html
[2] http://inclusivepublishing.org/
> On 18 Mar 2016, at 15:56, _mallory < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Hi,
> someone on twitter said they're currently saving ePUBs as a .zip
> and testing page by page, and they wondered if there were any
> tools that could check at least some of the WCAG2 guidelines?
>
> I did a browse of the more recent ePUB threads on the webAIM
> site but they seemed to be more about the ePUB3 standard and
> creating ePUBS. I didn't search very far back though so if
> someone knows there's a thread, just tell me there is one and
> I'll search harder :)
>
> cheers,
> Mallory
> > > >
From: Romain
Date: Fri, Mar 18 2016 12:45PM
Subject: Re: ePUB testing tools?
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Sorry, quick correction: IBM's tool is named "Digital Content Checker", the "Automated Accessibility Checker" is a different service (but apparently related, I don't know the details).
Romain.
> On 18 Mar 2016, at 19:37, Romain < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> First, since this is my first email to this list, let me briefly introduce myself: I'm Romain Deltour, doing software and standards development for the DAISY Consortium. I'm involved in IDPF's EPUB WG and W3C's DPUB IG. I'm also a contributor to EpubCheck, IDPF's EPUB conformance checker.
>
> Back to the email's subject :)
>
> There are not many tools that can help checking WCAG for EPUB. The only one I know is the Automated Accessibility Checker part of IBM's Bluemix services. But I can't vouch for it since I've only very quickly tested the trial version, and with very basic content.
>
> Also, it happens that we just launched a DAISY project (last month in Baltimore [1]) to improve the state of accessibility in EPUB. One of the deliverables is precisely an open-source accessibility checking tool. It's too early for the details, but it will highly likely rely on one of the existing open-source web accessibility checkers...
>
> If you want to know more, watch this space (the website is young and still evolving):
> http://inclusivepublishing.org/
>
> Best,
> Romain.
>
> [1] http://www-03.ibm.com/able/accessibility_research_projects/bluemix_services.html
> [2] http://inclusivepublishing.org/
>
>
>> On 18 Mar 2016, at 15:56, _mallory < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> someone on twitter said they're currently saving ePUBs as a .zip
>> and testing page by page, and they wondered if there were any
>> tools that could check at least some of the WCAG2 guidelines?
>>
>> I did a browse of the more recent ePUB threads on the webAIM
>> site but they seemed to be more about the ePUB3 standard and
>> creating ePUBS. I didn't search very far back though so if
>> someone knows there's a thread, just tell me there is one and
>> I'll search harder :)
>>
>> cheers,
>> Mallory
>> >> >> >> >