Introduction to Accessible ePub3
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This is an introduction presentation on accessible ePub3 and how this format is slowly making a huge impact in shaping the publishing and education sector through accessibility.
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Introduction to Accessible ePub3
- 1. Vithya Vijayakumare Digital Production Coordinator Accessible Information Services Accessible ePub 3 for digital publications
- 2. Accessible format conversion & consultancy • Advice and services on making information accessible • individuals, businesses, education providers, government bodies and community organisations. Accessible Information Services, VisAbility
- 3. • Standard print publications are inaccessible. • 1 out of 10 affected by print disability. • Daisy consortium: Ultimate goal - Publish accessible content. • “Global Book Famine”: Less accessible publications. Accessibility Barriers in the “Publishing Industry”
- 4. • Access to publications for all. • Move into an era of Inclusive Publishing. • “Born Digital, Born Accessible”. Aim of ePub3
- 5. • Zipped archive of an entire website. • Based on Open Web Standard. • Content structure: HTML5 + CSS3. • Developed by IDPF (International Digital Publishing Forum). What is ePub3
- 6. • Single file format distribution. • User-friendly, accessible and interactive. • Can be read on most digital devices. • Becoming a universal format across the world. Why ePub3
- 7. • Online/Offline reading. • Free, open source. • Lower cost on content creation. • Endorsed as a Global Standard in 2013 by the International Publishers Association. Why ePub3
- 8. • Main goal: Accessibility. • Partnership of Daisy Consortium and IDPF to enhance accessibility. • ePub3 borrows DAISY and WCAG2 standards. • ePub3 to replace the specialist DAISY format in the future. ePub3 and Accessibility
- 9. • Audio & text synchronization - “Media Overlay”. • Multimedia support: Accessible video and audio. • Reflowable and Fixed Layout. • Interactivity and Scripting. ePub3 Features
- 10. • Navigation support. • Enhanced Semantic Markup. • Mathematical Markup Language (MathML). • Enhanced Global Language Support (EGLS). • Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG). ePub3 Features
- 11. ePub3 Guidelines • O’Reilly’s free e-book Accessible EPUB 3. • Diagram Centre: http://diagramcenter.org/ • IDPF Guidelines
- 12. Readium for Chrome (Windows, MAC, Linux) Adobe Digital Edition (Windows, MAC, IOS) Voice Dream Reader (Android, IOS) iBook (IOS, MAC) ePub3 Playback Tools
- 13. Kobo (Android, IOS) Google Play Books (Android) Gitden reader (Android, IOS) Lektz reader (Android, IOS) ePub3 Playback Tools
- 14. Namo Author Dolphin Publisher PubCoder Oxygen XML editor iBooks Author Tobi Obi Daisy Pipeline 2 InDesign Epub3 Authoring Tools
- 15. VisAbility’s “Transition to ePub3” • Addition of ePub3 talking books along with DAISY & Braille. • Aim: To convert all publications to ePub3.
- 16. Readium • Free Chrome extension. • Open source reading system. • Keyboard accessibility. • Assistive technology friendly: i.e: JAWS
- 17. “The development of EPUB3 can perhaps best be likened to the falling of the first domino: a key step on its own, but unless it triggers a chain reaction through the rest of the publishing ecosystem, only a symbolic one. ” ePub3 developers: Markus Gylling & Matt Garrish
- 18. • Email: vithya.vijayakumare@visability.com.au • Twitter: @vithyavv @VisAbilityAU • Linkedin: Vithya Vijayakumare • Introduction to ePub3 (Slideshare): Vithya • Full Presentation Video: Vithya Accessible ePub3 • Smashwords Publishing: Vithya • Phone: 1800 847 466 (1800 VISION) Thank you!
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- I have 16 slides and I will be shocasing a sample I created in ePub3 in my computer using an open souce playback tool and this little hardware called Victor reader stream
- AIS operates a accessible media production service We produce materials in a variety accessible formats This fee for service offering is consumed by the Private sector, public sector and NPS Here is a snapshot of our client
- IT is a know fact that, standard print publications or printed word in general are inaccessible and excludes a large segment of people from accessing information. These affected groups are commonly referred as the print disability group. Daisyconsortium, un umbrella organisation of several governing bodies are currently fixing this viod by creating and republishing content According to the World Blind Union, less than 10 percent of mateials are available for readers with print disability. These lack of works published in accessible format has been referred to as the “Global Book Famine”. The reason behind this is plenty, and one key issue is, main stream publishing are finding Plus, the publishing industry is contstantly growing that there is a higher demand for publication to more universal, interactive and accessible. And due to this, Publishers are rethinking ways
- Is make make publication that will make benefit everyone and reach a wider audience, regardless of disability ePub3 is the cornerstone to introducing a truly incluive publishing, where accessibiliyt is able to flow into mainstream publication, and accessibility is built in rather than a retro fitted. Also ePub3 aims to ensure that content that is born digital should also be born accessible
- It is an Open Electronic Publishing Stand that is built upon the Open Web Standard The main core open Web Standards that is being used for the development of ePub3 is html5 and CSS3. Other popular Open webs standards that are also used in ePub3 is Math Markup language, WAI ARIA, Scalable Vector Grappic SVG and SMIL Syncronised Multimediao Integration Language
- Inclusive publishing ecosystem: Epub3 has the tremendous capability of packaging and delivering content in a singlie file format distributionOver Asia Pacific has adopted ePub as the core distribution standards with contries like Japan and Koreo creation education materilas and their eManga series in ePub IBM has standadies ePub as the companies and primary portable format and Overdrive one of the large ebook distributer have created a “read along” rrange based on ePub3 and this has created popul
- The development cost is lower in developing due to the utilization of open source technology. And most important it uses HTML 5 as the base language for the creation of ePub3!
- ePub3 is the of successor of DAISY format version 3 the next universal generation format and will be replacing
- Enhance semantic markup, in which the publication has a proper narratic and heiry structure using thml5 tags ePub3 supports multiple m=langueages and handles vertical, horizontal and left to right writings. Enhance matedate