What's New for
Accessible Publishing
In 2021?

Main Initiatives

EPUB Accessibility specifications 1.1 in EPUB 3 WG.

User experience guide for displaying a11y metadata, in Publishing CG.

Highlights of EPUB Accessibility 1.1

• Aligned with the requirements of European accessibility directive.
• Aligned with latest revision of WCAG, while maintaining backward compatibility.

https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub33/a11y/index.html

User experience guide
for a11y metadata

Why it is required?

Accessibility Metadata (raw)

• accessModeSufficient: textual
• accessModeSufficient: textual visual
• accessibilitysummary: This publication includes markup to enable access for screen readers.
• accessibilityHazard: no Sound, no Flashing, no Motion Simliation
• dcterms:conformsto: http://www.idpf.org/epub/a11y/accessibility-20170105.html#wcag-a
• a11y:certifiedBy: xyz publisher

Key Objectives

1. Provide guidance to distributors and retailers for:
   • How to interpret machine readable accessibility metadata.
   • How to display it to users in a user friendly way.
2. Harmonize accessibility metadata of different metadata formats.

https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/UX-Guide-Metadata/principles/

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