Circular Software

Publishing software company offering development, training & consultancy. Tweets by @CircularKen. Book a #MasterPlan demo with us – link below!

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Bonnier Books Bookshelf. Powered by MasterPlan. https://t.co/WZIkfzRniT

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Thanks Twitter, so long X. Continue the conversation over on Bluesky! https://t.co/iOFZUyvjQM

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Thank you to our amazing Design + Accessibility Summit sponsors:

@Adobe
@CacidiInfo
@Circular_soft
EM Software
@Fontlab
@powerpoint
@teampageproof
@Recosoft
@santacruzsw

Learn more about our sponsors at https://t.co/AHDbi0K4fp

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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!
https://t.co/B8N8p8EnJN

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Hello threads https://t.co/i98cO33Blr

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@robdewinter Of course, it’s never coming off!

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Circular Software - So good that @robdewinter commits to the laptop sticker after his first demo at #CreativeProWeek

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Thanks! Let’s keep in touch @tonyharmer

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“That is actually amazing” - Tony Harmer gets a demo at #creativeproweek

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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
https://t.co/trlkXtiqto

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Circular Software is a proud partner of Design + Accessibility Summit.
See you there?

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Thank you to our Design + Accessibility Summit partners!
@AdobeDesign
@canto
@circular_soft
@chadchelius @daxjcastro Training and Consulting
@Fontlab
@powerpoint
@nobledesktop
@teampageproof
@santacruzsw

Learn more about our partners at https://t.co/AHDbi117hp

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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.

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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.
https://t.co/UcM4KcIlIi

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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

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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

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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.

https://t.co/UcM4KcZoKi

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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

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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

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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

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‘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