producing accessible school ebooks with epub 3.0 gerald schmidt pearson uk
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Producing accessible school ebookswith ePub 3.0
Gerald SchmidtPearson UK
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Working definition of ebooks for schools
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One publisher
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Four publishers
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The challenge
• For years, complex requirements have led publishers down the path of creating self-contained, proprietary ebook players
• With discipline, publishers achieve consistency in their own list of ebook products
• Compatibility with competing products is unheard of
• The absence of shared standards and tools drives up the cost of accessibility
• Awareness of WCAG 2.0 and allied guidelines is high, but too often not applicable
• ePub 3.0 offers a viable alternative based on open web technologies
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Benefits of using the ePub family of standards
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Accessibility strategies
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Reflowable workflow
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Fixed layout workflow
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Input
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Transformation
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Output
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Bookshelf
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Page view (ePub)
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Page view (Kindle Format 8)
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Page view (web, large screen)
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Page view (web, small screen)
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Accessible quizzes – printed page
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Accessible quizzes – structure
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Accessible quizzes – mark-up
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Accessible quizzes – digital version
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Accessible interactions – printed page
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Accessible interactions – structure
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Accessible interactions – mark-up
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Accessible interactions – digital version
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Outlook
• Educational publishers can either adopt ePub 3.0 as a container format or reinvent it at significant cost
• All eyes are on the Fixed-Layout Documents Working Group
• We are following the progress of the IDPF’s Readium project with great interest
• After years of frustratingly slow progress, accessibility is set to improve dramatically as ePub and open web technologies become the norm
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Contact
Dr Gerald Schmidt
T +44 20 7010 2935