09. Open Book Accessibility
Short Term Accessibility - Start Here
Where do I get started with accessible eBooks? We can help. There are many things you are alread...
GETTING STARTED
Determine whether legislation applies to the press
In the EU, microenterprises with less than 10 employees and an annual turnover less than EUR 2 mi...
Complete a VPAT
A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) is a free template where you record the accessi...
Publish an accessibility statement
An accessibility statement is a publicly available statement that describes your organisational c...
Long Term Accessibility - Plan the Future
Once you have completed the short-term accessibility tasks and are ready to think more fully abou...
PLAN
Frameworks and planning tools to help achieve accessibility across the press.
Our Planning Tool - 10 SOAPT
The 10 Step Open Accessibility Planning Tool Our custom planning tool has been developed b...
Other Frameworks, Models and Charters
The following are a curated list of available planning models or frameworks for achieving accessi...
Certification
The following are a short list of service providers, who will certify ebook files as meeting acce...
CHECK
Checklists and auditing tools to help improve individual book files.
Our Auditing Tool - OARC
OARC The Open Accessibility Review Checker Our custom auditing tool has been developed by Ope...
Auditing Advice
This page explains how to audit the current accessibility of all aspects of the organisation, inc...
Other Auditing Tools and Checklists
WebAIM's WCAG 2 Checklist Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 ...
LEARN
Understand legislation and standards with learning resources.
Legislation - UK
Relevant Acts Equality Act 2010 is the legislation that states both public and private bodies ca...
Legislation - EU
Relevant Acts The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is the legislation that states some products ...
Legislation - Ireland
Relevant Acts Ireland is subject to the European Accessibility Act (EAA) and the EU Web Accessib...
Legislation - US
Relevant Acts The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the legislation that states both ‘sta...
Legislation - Australia
Relevant Acts The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) is the main legislation that drives d...
Legislation - Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand does not have specific accessibility legislation, but it does have a government manda...
Standards - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Versions 2.0 2.1 and 2.2 Web Content Accessibility ...
Standards - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3
Standards - EPUBs
EPUB Accessibility 1.1 addresses two key needs in the EPUB ecosystem: evaluation and certifi...
Standards - PDFs
ISO 14289-1, better known as PDF/UA (Portable Document Format, Universal Accessibility), is aimed...
Standards - Other Formats
DAISY - Digital Accessible Information System Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY), als...
Standards - Metadata
There are two ways that metadata accompanies a publication. In the first are digital publication ...
Standards - Specialised Mark Up Languages
DocBook DocBook is a markup language for publishing computing and other technical complex scient...
Guidance
The following are a curated list of available guidance documents and knowledge bases for accessib...
Courses and Training Materials
The following are a curated list of available free courses and training materials on digital acce...
COMMUNICATE
Accessibility statements, author guidelines and sharing best practice.
Communicating with Everyone - Accessibility Statements
UK, EU, and US legislation all require an accessibility statement to be published on the organisa...
Communicating during Procurement - VPATs
A VPAT stands for Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, and they are free templates provided ...
Communicating with Readers - Metadata and DAISY Reports
Metadata DAISY reports
Communicating with Authors - Author Guidelines
If not already, including accessibility requirements within author submission guidelines is recom...
Communicating Internally Across the Press - Accessibility Policy
Having a documented policy about how you want the organisation to handle accessibility might be a...
EVIDENCE
Evidencing ethical motivations for accessibility beyond compliance with legislation.
Accessibility for Librarians
Librarian Responsibilities Accessibility applies to various aspects of libraries and there are s...
Discussing accessibility with small publishers
The current situation for academic librarians tasked with content acquisition is changing very fa...
Technical Workflow and eBook Development Queries
Mailing Lists The following are mailing lists where you can contact groups of digital accessibil...