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EPUB 3 and DAISY State of the Art and Accessibility George Kerscher March 1, 2012. EPUB 3 and Accessibility.
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EPUB 3 and DAISY State of the Art and Accessibility George Kerscher March 1, 2012
EPUB 3 and Accessibility The incorporation of the DAISY accessibility requirements into the non-proprietaryEPUB 3 standard holds significant promise for the increased availability of commercialproducts that are useable, out of the box, by a wide range of consumers. Specification is available at http://idpf.org/epub/30
Accessible Publishing Ecosystem Wide array of pieces must fall into place in order to have an accessible publishing ecosystem: • Commitments from the accessibility community • Standards and Guidelines • Samples • Validation tools and accessibility checkers • Accessible reading systems • Math support • Beautiful user interfaces • User friendly ways to purchase content
Accessibility Guidelines and Support • Guidelines in support of accessible publishing in EPUB 3 are accessible for all and will be frequently updated. • ‘Accessible EPUB 3’, published by O’Reilly, available at: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920025283.do • Accessibility Forum on the IDPF site: http://idpf.org/forums/epub-accessibility
EPUB 3 Sample Files • The DC will collaborate with the IDPF and its Members and Friends to gather EPUB 3 content samples. • Go to http://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/downloads/list to check out the latest samples • IDPF Samples include accessibility features
DAISY Consortium and IDPF • The DAISY Consortium will continue to be committed to collaboration with the IDPF in the development and evolution of digital publishing standards • The DC will monitor the development of accessibility check in EpubCheck and promote accessibility evaluations. EpubCheck project site is located at http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/ • EPUB Validator is now available at http://validator.idpf.org/ • The DAISY Consortium will participate in Readium Project to bring accessible EPUB 3 content and reading systems to users faster, learn more at http://readium.org/
Other Ongoing Developments • The mechanisms to handle descriptions of graphical content - the DIAGRAM Project, more info at: http://www.diagramcenter.org/development.html • The DAISY Consortium will continue to monitor and influence HTML5 developments to increase the accessibility features in that specification • The DAISY Consortium will support the NISO process for the Authoring and Interchange Framework for Adaptive XML Publishing • The DAISY Consortium will continue to support the DAISY 2.02 and 3 Standards
DAISY Tools DAISY tool development to support EPUB 3: • Tobi - accessible multimedia production tool http://www.daisy.org/tobi • DAISY Pipeline 2 - next generation framework for automated production of accessible materials http://www.daisy.org/pipeline2/
DAISY on Mobile Devices 10 mobile applications for reading DAISY books on mainstream devices are available and more in development • DAISY Marketplace: http://www.daisy.org/tools/mobile-applications
Portable DAISY Players • PlexTalk Pocket, Milestone 212 and 312, BookSense XT and DS, BookPort, Victor Reader Stream, Olympus DM-4 and DM-5 players, ClassMate Reader
Hardware DAISY Players Array of legacy DAISY Players: • NLS players, available at no cost to qualified people - does not support text-to-speech yet • HumanWare Stratus players • PlexTalk PTX 1 / Pro – DAISY Online Delivery compatible • Braille Sense OnHand by HIMS can read DAISY books
DAISY Software Players • EasyReader - supports DAISY and EPUB • ReadHear PC and ReadHear Mac - support DAISY and EPUB, Math support • Ida-reader - supports DAISY and EPUB • Book Wizard Reader • AMIS (free) Go to our website to see the list of DAISY players: http://www.daisy.org/tools/splayback
Mainstream Reading Systems • Kindle - does not natively support EPUB • Nook – Barnes & Noble working on improving accessibility • Adobe Digital Editions - supports EPUB • iBooks demo Share your experiences of using mainstream reading systems
Goal: Enriched Accessible Reading Experience for All • Work with us to bring DAISY reading experienceinto the mainstream, to make ALLpublications accessible to EVERYONE. • Join the DAISY Consortium! • More information is available at daisy.org