Introducing Accessibility
People with print disabilities can find traditional publications difficult or impossible to read. You can make a difference to your customers, meet legal requirements and expand your market share if you take steps to be an inclusive publisher, building accessibility into your content from the very beginning.
What is an Accessible Publication?
To be universally accessible, a digital book should have the following features:
- Readable with assistive technologies.
- Text should fit all screen sizes.
- Adjustable text font, color, font size and line spacing.
- Navigable by chapter, section, page, sentence and more.
- Options to skip footnotes, sidebars, producer notes, and page numbers when reading with text-to-speech.
- Work with different input methods e.g. keyboard, mouse, and touch.
- Contain image captions and text descriptions for charts and graphs.
- Videos should be captioned or accompanied by text transcript.
- Readable on multiple platforms and devices such as computers, mobile phones, tablets, refreshable braille and digital book readers.
- Page numbers should match the print version of the same book.
We have put together the following pages to help you get started: