Interview multiple candidates
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Search for the right experience
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Ask for past work examples & results
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Vet candidates & ask for past references before hiring
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Once you hire them, give them access for all tools & resources for success
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Characteristics of an accessible ebook
An accessible ebook is a book that, from its conception, has been designed to allow everyone to access all of its content, regardless of their condition.
In concrete terms, this means that an accessible ebook will present particular characteristics:
- The reader will be able to adjust the content, namely:
- choose the font;
- change the font size as desired.
- The images will have alternative descriptions, at least those that are essential to understanding what is being read. Otherwise, these images would be lost content for people who suffer from visual impairments or who are blind.
- It's going to be easy for the reader to easily navigate through the content, with:
- a structured table of contents including clearly identified levels of titles;
- any well-linked footnotes, to allow them to be consulted while returning to the starting point easily.
- The book will make it easier for text-to-speech tools, thanks to:
- clearly identified sections;
- a language that is also clearly identified: if there are words in the text that are in a different language, they must be identified as such to allow text-to-speech tools to adapt the accent.
But accessibility is not limited only to the production of the file. It reaches the entire book ecosystem, from the publisher to the reader, through the distributor, the bookseller, the librarian, and the reading system itself.
Accessibility from one end of the book chain to the other
So that there are no obstacles on the way from the accessible digital book to its reader, accessibility is everyone's business in the book chain.
- The editor must document the accessibility metadata of the accessible ebook that he produced;
- The distributor must then communicate this accessibility metadata to sales networks;
- The bookseller must allow the reader to easily find books that are identified as accessible, but also adapt its interface to facilitate navigation, and make its online sales website itself accessible.
- The librarian must do the same, by managing metadata to inform users of the accessibility features included in each book;
- Reading tools finally must be in a position to offer the functionalities that will make it possible to take advantage of the level of accessibility of the file produced, such as text-to-speech, the enlargement of characters and spacings, the change of font, etc.
Broadly speaking, this is what the journey of an accessible digital book looks like:
Publishers, you are the first link in making digital books accessible!
To get an accessible ebook on track, the first step is to adopt good reflexes when producing the file itself.
This is not rocket science in most cases, but you still need to know how to do it!
To do this, we invite you to join our De Marque Academy, where you will receive easy-to-implement tutorials every week to methodically tackle the accessibility of your ebooks.
For the most seasoned of you, read our expert article already to discover How to produce accessible EPUB files.
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