Accessibility Statements
UK, EUEU, and US legislation all require an accessibility statement to be published on the organisational website. See relevant legislation sections for details, templates, guidanceguidance, and examples.
An accessibility statement is different to an accessibility policy,policy in that it is publicly available and is aimed at communicating to end users in as plain language as possible. The purpose of an accessibility statement is to communicate with the public, especially your end users or readership, about the accessibility of your book files and publisherwebsite. webThe site.statement It is where you detaildetails compliance with standards, parts that are not yet accessible, and thefuture plans youfor have to remedyremedying that. It is also where you giveprovide contact detailsdetails, to makeenabling individual accessibility requests. This letsallows readers knowto aboutunderstand the accessibility of your content without having to check it out themselves, and buildsbuilding trust inthrough themthe assurance that you are handlingaddressing these issues consistently over the long term.
Because of all these benefits, even if you are exempt from the legal requirement to put a statement in place, it is still recommended to have something that communicates the above available publicly. You could follow the legal guidance for your country as a starting point.
Examples
ASPIRE
The ASPIRE list for publishers is a review and verification service for accessibility statements. They analyse public accessibility statements and give them a percentage score, a rankrank, and a rating (e.g. Gold).