The recent session 'No-code accessibility from InDesign' by @CircularKen was the second most attended session of the week at the Digital Publishing Summit 2023 with people from 19 different countries tuning in to the live stream!
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How can typesetters, publishers and content creators be required to create accessible publications if they don’t have the tools to make them?
There is hope… No-code Accessibility for InDesign at Digital Publishing Summit 2023 on June 20th. #eprdctn
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📢 Exciting news!
The #Publishing Accessibility Action Group website has launched! Check it out: https://t.co/XjYTWwVOM3
If you attended our #WednesdayWisdom Q&A session with PAAG Chair Stacy last month (or even if you didn't!), you'll definitely want to take a look.
The ability to check that a file is ready for accessible export, whilst still in InDesign is a great benefit.
❌ InDesign offers no accessibility checks.
🟢 Circular Software has multiple checklists that reports and flags accessibility issues in InDesign.
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Position images into text flow in InDesign to appear at the relevant place in reflowable EPUB.
❌ There is no way to check if images are anchored into text
🟢 Circular Software checks and flags any images that are not anchored for reflowable ebooks
https://t.co/vowqGhLHQ5
Section markers and landmarks identify and navigate major parts of an EPUB.
❌ InDesign offers no way to add section markers and landmarks.
🟢 Circular Software tools add visual section markers and landmarks to InDesign pages which are then added to your EPUB.
#InDesignBetter
After export EPUBs should be checked for validation against the EPUB standard and for accessibility issues.
❌ InDesign offers no method of validation.
🟢 Circular Software connects with epubcheck for validation and runs ACE A11y report on EPUBs.
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Many publishers do not use InDesign’s generated Table of Contents.
❌ InDesign requires user to make a complex uneditbale internal table of contents.
🟢 Circular Software users adds an editable accessible multi level contents page in their ebooks.
#InDesignBetter
Descriptions of images and figures should be added so their meaning can be delivered as text, braille or voice.
❌ InDesign alt text is applied individually in an grey dialog box
🟢 Circular Software visually prepares images for descriptions in bulk
https://t.co/vowqGi3R4d
The level and ordering of headings is an important feature in ebook structure.
❌ InDesign offers no way to view or check applied heading hierarchy.
🟢 Circular Software visually labels heading tags then checks and flags when hierarchy out of sequence.
https://t.co/vowqGi3R4d
‘ARIA roles’, the modern method used to indicate the meaning of content, are widely used on the web and are recommend within EPUB.
❌ InDesign offers no way to add ARIA roles.
🟢 Circular Software automatically adds useful ARIA roles to every EPUB.
https://t.co/vowqGhLHQ5