The New Age of Producing, Distributing, and Consuming Accessible Information A paradigm shift Bernhard Heinser IFLA - eBooks for everyone! 1 b.heinser@sbs.ch Paris, 23 August 2014
Presumptions The commercial market adopts EPUB 3 (including education and STEM) EPUB 3 is the best solution for accessibility purposes Bernhard Heinser IFLA - eBooks for everyone! 2 b.heinser@sbs.ch Paris, 23 August 2014
Consuming Electronic Publications - Key Aspects Navigability (absolutely necessary for everybody, print disabled or not) Rendering modalities ( text, audio [human narration / text-to-speech], image, video, [Braille output through Braille display]) Perception channels (one modality can be alternatively replaced / complemented by other modalities, synchronization of the rendering modalities) Bernhard Heinser IFLA - eBooks for everyone! 3 b.heinser@sbs.ch Paris, 23 August 2014
Current Model Separate Work Flows Publishing industry / print oriented / mainstream formats / mainstream distribution channels Products are not accessible Specialized agencies / multimedia oriented / special formats / special distribution channels Accessibility is added through ex post format conversion processes Bernhard Heinser IFLA - eBooks for everyone! 4 b.heinser@sbs.ch Paris, 23 August 2014
Future Model Integrated Work Flows ► The publishing industry brings (electronic) publications to the market that are born accessible ► Where necessary, the industry is supported by the accessibility experts before the product is delivered Bernhard Heinser IFLA - eBooks for everyone! 5 b.heinser@sbs.ch Paris, 23 August 2014
Required Changes Publishing industry – From print oriented to multiple output formats oriented work flows Specialized agencies – From producers of accessible material to service providers for the publishing industry Bernhard Heinser IFLA - eBooks for everyone! 6 b.heinser@sbs.ch Paris, 23 August 2014
Who benefits? The publishing industry (considerably enlarged market) Persons with Disabilities throughout the world (several hundreds of millions) The States (implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) The whole society (Inclusion) Bernhard Heinser IFLA - eBooks for everyone! 7 b.heinser@sbs.ch Paris, 23 August 2014
Conclusion in the Light of Converging Interests INCLUSIVE PUBLISHING All stakeholders are invited to combine their efforts in order to implement a system that benefits EVERYBODY Bernhard Heinser IFLA - eBooks for everyone! 8 b.heinser@sbs.ch Paris, 23 August 2014
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