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Hi all, I work just on marketing so I don't making products/books accessible. I'm trying to get together a list of everything I need to work on (I know this is a bit late!) and I feel quite overwhelmed. Where do I start? I find the WCAG website a little much. Is there someone where I should be going? Or training I could do? I've started a list of the areas we need to work on: the company website - alt text is a big area and I'd love examples of good alt text. The ones I've tried to find before feel very dense. email newsletters activity sheets pdfs - what do I need to make these accessible? videos and audio - need captions and transcripts Is there anything I'm missing? And is there any key information/websites I need to use (I guess I just have to get to grips with WCAG website!). I'd happily do training but training seems to cover EVERYTHING rather than have a marketing focus? Is anyone here from a marketing background in publishing and can help me at all? The messages I see on here look to be very technical/book related. Thanks in advance, Claire PS didn't even finish the subject line!!
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Distributing accessible ePubs
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Hi everyone We are a small academic publisher who sells our standard PDF ebooks and printed books through our Silverchair website. However, now that we have started publishing accessible ePubs it is proving massively expensive to add the option to buy ePubs to that site. Does anyone have any recommendation of where we could host and sell our ePub editions in a cost-effective and accessible manner, which we could link to from our main website? With best wishes Katharine Katharine Allenby Production Editor IWA Publishing Republic – Export Building, Units 1.04 & 1.05, 1 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BA, UK Telephone: +44 (0)208 054 8208 kallenby@... Company registered in England No. 3690822 @IWAPublishing
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Publishing Accessibility Action Group (PAAG) meeting
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Agenda to follow… ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 270 508 709 720 Passcode: Nr2gm2eT Join on a video conferencing device Tenant key: teams@... Video ID: 112 321 704 7 More info For organizers: Meeting options ________________________________________________________________________________
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Accessibility of Altmetrics and Citations/Dimensions badges
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Hi all, I am investigating Altmetrics and Citations, both by Digital Science, which involve putting a badge on online ebooks. https://badge-docs.altmetric.com/badge-playground.html From what we understand, they have not done any accessibility testing, and won't have any done by the EAA deadline. Has anybody else worked on this already and have any suggestions or results from internal testing? (I have done a search here that hasn't turned up anything) Thanks! Kirsten
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Proper language
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Does anyone have suggestions for proper language to acknowledge a specific item is not currently conformant to WCAG 2.1 AA, however, it is on our roadmap for a release after the enforcement deadline? It is not really a disproportionate burden, but more of a timing issue. -Rick
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<dl> <dt> and <dd> tag query
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Hi all, I hope you’re all doing well! I had a question about <dl> <dt> and <dd> tags used in EPUBs for Chronology sections. Would this be considered more accessible than simply using a <ul> list? I’m stuck between thinking it would be helpful for a screen reader to distinguish between the term and the description, or if it should even apply to Chronological data as the ‘description’ isn’t actually describing the term – in this case the date and year - I want to avoid creating confusion for the screen reader user, so thought I would check here! Advice online uses Glossaries as an example, so should I stick to using it for these instances alone? Or at all? I’ve provided an example of how it looks in the code below: <dl> <dt class="dt"><span class="bold">January 23–29</span></dt> <dd class="dd">Japanese invade New Britain and quickly prepare airfields near Rabaul to receive IJNAF aircraft</dd> <dt><span class="bold">February 3</span></dt> <dd>First Japanese air raid on Port Moresby from Rabaul</dd> <dt><span class="bold">February 23</span></dt> <dd>First USAAF/RAAF combined raid on Rabaul-area targets</dd> </dl> Any advice would be appreciated! Many thanks, Anna This email and its contents are confidential and may also be privileged and protected by copyright. If you are not the named recipient please notify the sender immediately, delete the email and all attachments completely from your system and do not use, print, copy, disclose or distribute any part of its contents. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and its subsidiaries may monitor email traffic. Any views expressed in this email are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of Bloomsbury. This email does not conclude a binding agreement. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP. Company registered in England and Wales company no. 1984336. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. 1385 Broadway, Fifth floor, New York, 10018. Bloomsbury Publishing Pty Ltd, Level 6, 387 George St, Sydney, NSW 2000. Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. DDA Complex, LSC , Building No.4, Second Floor, Pocket C-6&7, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070. ABC-CLIO | Bloomsbury, ABC-CLIO is an imprint of Bloomsbury, 75 Aero Camino, Suite 202, Santa Barbara, CA 93117.
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Training opportunities
Hello PAAG group We wanted to share the news that two of the people involved in our PAAG group are running some upcoming training and didn’t want you to miss out on the opportunity to attend! Accessibility consultant and PAAG working group member Simon Mellins is running a one-day accessible publishing course, in association with PAAG charter signatory and last year’s PAAG-con partner IPG. This is an intensive, online, live day of sessions on all aspects of accessible publishing, with a mix of information, interactive exercises, and plenty of time for questions and answers. Signups are limited, so move quickly if you want to attend the course on the 7th of April. Ken Jones is leading the Publishing Accessibility – Real world hands-on training from Fresh Page Training. This custom course covers all the recommended steps for the design and build of compelling and inclusive print and ebooks from start to finish. We wanted you to know about the training arranged for Spring / Summer including dates in London, Dublin and Oxford. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues! With best wishes, Stacy Stacy Scott Head Of Accessibility, Taylor & Francis -Co-lead, T&F DEI Council -Co-lead, welcoming all colleagues to join our AllInforma Illuminate disability colleague network -Chair: Publishing Accessibility Action Group -Vice Chair, ALPSP Conference Planning committee -Connect with me on LinkedIn Information Classification: General
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Hi all, Sorry if this has come up in previous emails but I have missed it! I was wondering if other publishers are working on making their DOIs accessible also? And if so, for the born-accessible content from June? The last article I have read from Crossref: https://www.crossref.org/blog/accessibility-for-crossref-doi-links-call-for-comments-on-proposed-new-guidelines/ is from 2022, but we’re looking into when Crossref will be making this mandatory also. Many thanks in advance! Best, Parisa Parisa Zare Content Metadata Specialist | Emerald Publishing pzare@... | emeraldpublishing.com Emerald Publishing Limited, Registered Office: Emerald Publishing, Floor 5, Northspring, 21-23 Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL United Kingdom. Registered in England No. 3080506, VAT No. GB 665 3593 06 For information about how we use your personal data, and your rights in relation to this, see our Privacy Notice. This email is confidential between us and the intended recipient. Any recipient who receives this email in error should immediately report the error to us and permanently delete this email from all storage devices.
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Meetings
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Grammar book - accessibility
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Hi all, We are publishing a grammar book about a very rare language, Khowar (one of the Far Northwest Indo-Aryan languages). The author turned on text-to-speech and thinks the pronunciation is not satisfactory and will alienate users. As I understand it the language is so rare there isn’t a language code to support it. The author has now asked that we turn off all accessible functionality because of this issue so we will lose all accessibility features. Has anyone had experience with grammar book and this type of issue? Thanks, Jaimee Jaimee Biggins Production Manager, UCL Press LCCOS - Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press Follow us on Twitter @UCLpress
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Hi all, Could anyone offer any advice on colour contrast/use of colour ebook compliance failures? Accessibility testing of our EPUB and PDF files is frequently returning failures for the above. Most of the images we publish are reproduced and we are limited in terms of (1) what we can practically do to amend them and (2) how much manipulation we are allowed to do from a copyright permission angle. I had hoped that inclusion of alt text would nullify these failures and suitable text in our accessibility summary metadata (e.g. “Any colour contrast or use of colour shortcomings are addressed by the provision of alternative text.”) at a title level would suffice. However, our external testing partner has advised me that: “Alternative text is not enough because not everyone can see it. Adding the text as a caption that is visible to all will satisfy this.” This isn’t always going to be straightforward and creates an additional headache for backlist content. Would be grateful for any further advice anyone can offer. Many thanks, Polly Dr Polly Wilson, MRSC Senior Production Controller, Books Royal Society of Chemistry www.rsc.org This communication is from The Royal Society of Chemistry, a company incorporated in England by Royal Charter (registered number RC000524) and a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 207890). Registered office: Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7437 8656. The content of this communication (including any attachments) is confidential, and may be privileged or contain copyright material. It may not be relied upon or disclosed to any person other than the intended recipient(s) without the consent of The Royal Society of Chemistry. If you are not the intended recipient(s), please (1) notify us immediately by replying to this email, (2) delete all copies from your system, and (3) note that disclosure, distribution, copying or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. Any advice given by The Royal Society of Chemistry has been carefully formulated but is based on the information available to it. The Royal Society of Chemistry cannot be held responsible for accuracy or completeness of this communication or any attachment. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not represent those of The Royal Society of Chemistry. The views expressed in this communication are personal to the sender and unless specifically stated, this e-mail does not constitute any part of an offer or contract. The Royal Society of Chemistry shall not be liable for any resulting damage or loss as a result of the use of this email and/or attachments, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. The Royal Society of Chemistry does not warrant that its emails or attachments are Virus-free; The Royal Society of Chemistry has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are contained in this email, but does not accept any responsibility once this email has been transmitted. Please rely on your own screening of electronic communication. More information on The Royal Society of Chemistry can be found on our website: www.rsc.org
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Hi everyone, I was asked a question recently about accessible digitised maps from a librarian friend of mine, and I wondered if anyone on here had any info they’d be willing to share? The question is as follows: We're looking for guidance on making scanned maps accessible. In particular, these maps are not specifically embedded in a published work, or specific to a particular kind of use. What can we do to make these resources meaningfully accessible for a variety of potential users? And are there any existing resources that might help us with that work?’ Apparently the labels on many of these maps is minimal, so using them to generate alt-text is challenging. I’d be grateful for any insights anyone can offer? Cheers, Simon Simon Holt Head of Content Accessibility | ELSEVIER Neilson House, John Smith Drive, | Oxford | OX4 2WB| UK Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843 454 Email: s.holt.1@...
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Hello! I so appreciate having this group to discuss accessibility best practices with. I have a book written in the English language, but the article titles of some of the References are in a different language. Here are a few examples: Schwartz, S. 1988. Wie Pawlow auf den Hund kam. Die 15 klassischen Experimente der Psychologie (How Pavlov got the idea of the dog: 15 classic experiments in psychology). Weinheim, Germany: Beltz. Sohier, R. 1991. Grundlage der biomechanischen Reharmonisation und Therapie der osteopathischen Gelenkl?sionen als Einführung in das analytische Konzept (Foundations of biomechanical reharmonization and therapy of osteopathic joint lesions as an introduction to the analytic concept). La Louviere, Belgium: Kin-Science. As you can see in the examples, the English translation is also provided in the text. Should these references still have the German titles coded as language shifts in the epub? Thank you! Coree Clark (she/her/hers) Director, Digital Systems Human Kinetics 1607 N. Market St. Champaign, IL 61820 217-403-7694 US.HumanKinetics.com
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Accessible Fixed Layout
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Hi, On the topic of FXL ePub (children’s books and highly illustrated books). One of our accessibility concerns around FXL ePub is that we see some publishers making the text part of the image itself (i.e. the page is a single image) which means it cannot be accessed by any “read aloud” function (intrinsic to the reading system or external screen reader software). I shall not name anyone in particular, but it includes some well-known publishing names... For improved accessibility it would be great to have images and text always separated in an FXL ePub and ideally decent image descriptions, too. Sadly the above “each page is a single image” practice is still all too common. I am currently reading the new “Accessibility metadata Display Guide for Digital Publications 2.0” (for implementation within the Jellybooks Cloud Reader) . Section 3.1.2 sort of touches on the subject but without satisfactorily addressing this particular situation. Also the file description “FXL ePub” alone will not tell the reader if they get a “nice” FXL ePub that is maybe reasonably accessible or a “terrible” one that offers next to no accessibility support. The topic is probably more critical for children’s books (FXL ePub being extremely common, even dominant, for ages o to 7) than it is for illustrated non-fiction books aimed at adults. What are other people’s opinion on the matter? Cheers Andrew Andrew Rhomberg founder|Jellybooks email: andrew@... Mobile: +44 797 365 7891 Twitter: @Jellybooks Jellybooks Ltd. (www.jellybooks.com) is a company focused on connecting readers with great books and is incorporated in England and Wales with Company Number 07503460 (VAT Number GB-128-7769-67) and has its registered office at 19 Villa Road, London, SW9 7ND, United Kingdom. Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/company/jellybooks
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Response to updated ADA Title II guidelines
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Sage is getting many inquiries from institutions concerned about the updated ADA Title II and subsequent requests for 100% compliance in contracts and full liability placed on the provider. Not that this is new, but there's definitely a new urgency. Just curious if anyone in PAAG is encountering similar and how it's all being handled at your company?
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Evidence re: benefits of providing print content
Is anyone aware of any empirical evidence re: the positive benefits of providing print content (i.e. print on demand), as an alternative format, from an accessibility point of view? We're getting a steady stream of concerns around neurodiversity and equality of access from customers to whom we've offered e-only products, and were wondering if their concerns are empirically justified? Thanks Drew Oxford University Press (UK) Disclaimer This message is confidential. You should not copy it or disclose its contents to anyone. You may use and apply the information for the intended purpose only. OUP does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are those of the author only and not of OUP. If this email has come to you in error, please delete it, along with any attachments. Please note that OUP may intercept incoming and outgoing email communications.
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Accessibility metadata for ebooks with media overlays
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Hi all, A question for ONIX metadata experts – I know there are a few on here. In List 81, does ‘Code 01: Audiobook’ apply only to what is commonly defined as an audiobook, i.e. an audio file with no text content like you’d download from a service like Audible? Or does it also apply to an epub that contains a media overlay with synchronised text-audio playback, say a fiction title that has full narration? I already have ‘Code 20: Synchronised pre-recorded audio’ from List 196. Thanks in advance. Nick --- Nick Bromley Director & Accessibility Consultant Red Kite Digital Accessibility Ltd
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For those of you looking for a US-perspective on accessibility regulations and implementation, this forthcoming NISO course may be useful: Accessibility Essentials: A 2025 NISO Training Series All best, h From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lilian Dogiama via groups.io Sent: 21 February 2025 10:08 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [paag] Any topics for the next PAAG meeting? Hi Stacy, I'm interested to know about the ADA that's meant to be updated in 2026- particularly any info on its scope and whether it's going ahead. Can we please add that to the agenda? Many thanks! Best, Lilian Dr Lilian Dogiama (she/her/hers) Head of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging for International Education Please note that my working hours are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm UK time. While it sometimes suits me to email outside normal working hours, I do not expect a response outside your own. From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Richard Orme via groups.io <rorme@...> Sent: 20 February 2025 18:15 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [paag] Any topics for the next PAAG meeting? External: This email originated from a source outside Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and you know the content is safe. Mike Eden (?) asked about “resources on the best experiences/practices with Maths” BIC just published the video of the BIC Brunch on STEM and Scholarly Publishing, featuring James Yanchak from this group (and a little of me). The section on math starts at 24:51 in the webinar recording which is listed among other goodies on the BIC Brunch webpage. Richard From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Eden via groups.io Sent: 18 February 2025 13:39 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [paag] Any topics for the next PAAG meeting? Many thanks Nick From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Nick Bromley via groups.io Sent: 18 February 2025 13:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [paag] Any topics for the next PAAG meeting? Hi Mike, Maths is certainly a relevant topic here, so as a starting point you may find it helpful to browse previous messages (that link should hopefully take you to the online archive of PAAG messages) by searching for terms such as ‘maths’ or ‘MathML’. You can then see if you still need guidance and ask away! Kind regards, Nick --- Nick Bromley Director & Accessibility Consultant Red Kite Digital Accessibility Ltd From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Eden via groups.io Sent: 18 February 2025 13:03 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [paag] Any topics for the next PAAG meeting? Hi This might not be a point for the meeting (I’m relatively new on this group), but has there been discussion or are there resources on the best experiences/practices with Maths? There are a number of different experiences across different published formats (PDF, EPUB, Web) allowing options. From image and alt-text, which has problems for larger equations, to mathml and issues with some rendering/reading, and svg (via MathJax) with aria-label using speech rule engine Is this the right forum? Regards Mike Eden From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Scott, Stacy via groups.io Sent: 18 February 2025 12:25 To: [email protected] Subject: [paag] Any topics for the next PAAG meeting? Hi All, Looking forward to seeing you at the PAAG meeting next week. Are there any topics you would particularly like to discuss? Please do let us know either by replying to this message or by emailing: [email protected] The agenda will follow soon… With kind thanks, Stacy Stacy Scott Head of Accessibility -Co-Chair, T&F DEI Council -Co-lead, welcoming all colleagues to join our AllInforma Illuminate disability colleague network -Chair: Publishing Accessibility Action Group, -Global Advisory Board Member for Learned Publishing: the official journal of the Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers (ALPSP) -Connect with me on LinkedIn Information Classification: General Cambridge University Press & Assessment is
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W3C accessibility metadata display guide for digital publications 2.0
Hello all For those of you who may not have seen it I am forwarding the following email from the W3C Publishing Community Group Chris Dear Publishing Community, Please feel free to circulate broadly! The Accessibility task force of the W3C Publishing Community Group is pleased to announce the third draft of the “Accessibility metadata display guide for digital publications 2.0”. This is the final draft. We anticipate organizations to create implementations based on this final draft. We anticipate minor suggestions to be made as the implementations are developed. Please provide your valuable feedback on or before April, 11, 2025. The drafts are available at the following URLs: - Guidelines: https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/guidelines/ - EPUB Techniques: https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/epub-metadata/ - ONIX Techniques: https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/onix-metadata/ We have added to this final draft all the strings displayed by the guide. The strings in US English are contained in the canonical JSON file found on GitHub. We anticipate providing localized versions of this file moving forward and encourage anyone who would like to help with the localizations/translations or to review these localizations as they become available. Please file a GitHub issue with your feedback. If you are uncomfortable filing a GitHub issue, feel free to send me the comment and I will file the issue on your behalf. Sincerely, Avneesh Singh on behalf of the W3C Publishing Community Accessibility task force Christopher Saynor EDItEUR United House, North Road London N7 9DP UK Tel: +44 20 7503 6418 The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please inform the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. We cannot accept any responsibility for viruses, so please scan all attachments. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the company. EDItEUR Limited is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no 2994705. Registered Office: United House, North Road, London N7 9DP, UK. Website: https://www.editeur.org For Thema codes https://ns.editeur.org/thema/ For ONIX codes https://ns.editeur.org/onix/
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Any topics for the next PAAG meeting?
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Hi All, Looking forward to seeing you at the PAAG meeting next week. Are there any topics you would particularly like to discuss? Please do let us know either by replying to this message or by emailing: [email protected] The agenda will follow soon… With kind thanks, Stacy Stacy Scott Head of Accessibility -Co-Chair, T&F DEI Council -Co-lead, welcoming all colleagues to join our AllInforma Illuminate disability colleague network -Chair: Publishing Accessibility Action Group, -Global Advisory Board Member for Learned Publishing: the official journal of the Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers (ALPSP) -Connect with me on LinkedIn Information Classification: General
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