Welcome to BIC’s Accessibility Hub - Book Industry Communication
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Welcome to BIC’s Accessibility Hub - Book Industry Communication
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This Hub has been created and is regularly reviewed by BIC’s Focus on Accessibility Group and will be updated/modified over time as further resources and information are made available or brought to the attention of the group.
BIC’s Focus on Accessibility Group recognises that there is such a wealth of information available online that some may find it overwhelming and difficult to make sense of or determine which content is authoritative etc: “Where to start?”
With this in mind then, this Hub is intended to be a helpful “one-stop shop” resource area for individuals and organisations wishing to create, distribute and bring to market accessible content.
If there are any topics or resources that you would like to us to add/include here, please get in touch via
i
nfo@bic.org.uk
.
BIC’s Focus on Accessibility Group
BIC member organisations participating in this group (which meets online every 4 weeks) include representatives from:
Cambridge University Press and Assessment
EDItEUR
Gardners
Hachette
HarperCollins
Penguin Random House
Rakuten Kobo
Taylor and Francis
Other BIC member organisations wanting to participate in this group should contact
info@bic.org
in the first instance to find out more.
Useful Organisations Working on Accessibility
There are numerous organisations/3
rd
parties operating in the accessibility space. As a neutral organisation, BIC is not able to endorse/recommend 3
rd
party vendors/system providers or consultancies, but what follows is a list of organisations that BIC considers to be authoritative sources of expertise and knowledge:
DAISY
,
PAAG
,
W3C
,
The LIA Foundation
,
The Federation of European Publishers
, The
European and International Booksellers Federation
(EIBF),
Benetech
– Global Certified Accessible and
EDR lab
,
Inclusive Publishing
,
EDItEUR
Training Courses
What follows is a list of the training courses that have been brought to our attention – a combination of free and paid-for. Whilst BIC cannot actively endorse these courses they are provided by reputable organisations.
Accessible Books Consortium Course on Accessible Publishing Concepts
This course is found on the DAISY Learning platform and is a free, high level introductory course to accessible publishing
Digital Accessibility Foundations
A free, online, self-paced course from W3C WAI for developers, designers, UX, writers, managers, advocates. Designed for technical and non-technical learners, including students, instructors, professionals, and people with disabilities. Course is free with optional certificate.
Course List
(compiled by W3C) of Digital Accessibility Education, Training, and Certification – Lists courses from different providers.
Accessibility Courses and Certifications
– a comprehensive overview of training and resources currently available (both free and paid-for), compiled by the folk at
Make Things Accessible
.
Design and build compelling and inclusive print and eBooks from start to finish.
Publishing Accessibility –real world hands-on training. Discount for BIC members.
Impact on end user
Making content accessible shouldn’t simply be about conforming to legislation. Find out more about what having timely, accessible content means to the end users:
Showing the experience of difference user types with different needs:
https://personas-prototype.herokuapp.com/
https://www.rnibbookshare.org/cms/learners-stories-board
https://www.leonardcheshire.org/our-impact/stories
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/stories
Industry Standards
What follows is a list of key industry standards for creating accessible content:
WCAG 2.2
EPUB Accessibility 1.1
WCAG guides for developers
The following guides provide a breakdown of WCAG in practical, plain English for developers:
https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/requirements
https://www.a11yproject.com/checklist
https://tetralogical.com/articles/wcag-primer
https://guia-wcag.com/en
Website accessibility tools
Wave:
https://wave.webaim.org/
Accessibility Insights (Microsoft):
https://accessibilityinsights.io/
Axe (Deque):
https://www.deque.com/axe-accessibility-testing-tools/
Lighthouse (Google)
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview
Resources
A regularly updated collection of helpful
accessibility resources, collated by BIC
ONIX
Application notes about the use of ONIX
for accessibility metadata
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This Hub has been created and is regularly reviewed by BIC’s Focus on Accessibility Group and will be updated/modified over time as further resources and information are made available or brought to the attention of the group.
BIC’s Focus on Accessibility Group recognises that there is such a wealth of information available online that some may find it overwhelming and difficult to make sense of or determine which content is authoritative etc: “Where to start?”
With this in mind then, this Hub is intended to be a helpful “one-stop shop” resource area for individuals and organisations wishing to create, distribute and bring to market accessible content.
If there are any topics or resources that you would like to us to add/include here, please get in touch via
i
nfo@bic.org.uk
.
BIC’s Focus on Accessibility Group
BIC member organisations participating in this group (which meets online every 4 weeks) include representatives from:
Cambridge University Press and Assessment
EDItEUR
Gardners
Hachette
HarperCollins
Penguin Random House
Rakuten Kobo
Taylor and Francis
Other BIC member organisations wanting to participate in this group should contact
info@bic.org
in the first instance to find out more.
Useful Organisations Working on Accessibility
There are numerous organisations/3
rd
parties operating in the accessibility space. As a neutral organisation, BIC is not able to endorse/recommend 3
rd
party vendors/system providers or consultancies, but what follows is a list of organisations that BIC considers to be authoritative sources of expertise and knowledge:
DAISY
,
PAAG
,
W3C
,
The LIA Foundation
,
The Federation of European Publishers
, The
European and International Booksellers Federation
(EIBF),
Benetech
– Global Certified Accessible and
EDR lab
,
Inclusive Publishing
,
EDItEUR
Training Courses
What follows is a list of the training courses that have been brought to our attention – a combination of free and paid-for. Whilst BIC cannot actively endorse these courses they are provided by reputable organisations.
Accessible Books Consortium Course on Accessible Publishing Concepts
This course is found on the DAISY Learning platform and is a free, high level introductory course to accessible publishing
Digital Accessibility Foundations
A free, online, self-paced course from W3C WAI for developers, designers, UX, writers, managers, advocates. Designed for technical and non-technical learners, including students, instructors, professionals, and people with disabilities. Course is free with optional certificate.
Course List
(compiled by W3C) of Digital Accessibility Education, Training, and Certification – Lists courses from different providers.
Accessibility Courses and Certifications
– a comprehensive overview of training and resources currently available (both free and paid-for), compiled by the folk at
Make Things Accessible
.
Design and build compelling and inclusive print and eBooks from start to finish.
Publishing Accessibility –real world hands-on training. Discount for BIC members.
Impact on end user
Making content accessible shouldn’t simply be about conforming to legislation. Find out more about what having timely, accessible content means to the end users:
Showing the experience of difference user types with different needs:
https://personas-prototype.herokuapp.com/
https://www.rnibbookshare.org/cms/learners-stories-board
https://www.leonardcheshire.org/our-impact/stories
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/stories
Industry Standards
What follows is a list of key industry standards for creating accessible content:
WCAG 2.2
EPUB Accessibility 1.1
WCAG guides for developers
The following guides provide a breakdown of WCAG in practical, plain English for developers:
https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/requirements
https://www.a11yproject.com/checklist
https://tetralogical.com/articles/wcag-primer
https://guia-wcag.com/en
Website accessibility tools
Wave:
https://wave.webaim.org/
Accessibility Insights (Microsoft):
https://accessibilityinsights.io/
Axe (Deque):
https://www.deque.com/axe-accessibility-testing-tools/
Lighthouse (Google)
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview
Resources
A regularly updated collection of helpful
accessibility resources, collated by BIC
ONIX
Application notes about the use of ONIX
for accessibility metadata
Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
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The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
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Statistics
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
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Manage {vendor_count} vendors
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