Ebook Workflow Guide: In-house Production of Born-Accessible Ebooks
To prepare a book for conversion, with accessibility in mind, the steps covered in Ebook Workflow Guide: In-house Production of Born Accessible Ebooks should be followed (if you use Word and InDesign for your manuscript...
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Standards and Best Practices, Step-by-Step
Introduction to Third-party Production of Born-Accessible Ebooks
When working with a conversion house or other third-party producer of ebooks, it is important to talk about accessibility feature. This Introductory guide shares some questions publishers can ask to get an idea of their...
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Foundations and Rationale
How to Set Up an InDesign Document for Conversion to EPUB
Preparing an InDesign file for conversion to EPUB has may steps: styles, mapping styles to HTML, marking page breaks, applying semantics, anchoring images, applying image descriptions, preparing navigation, and some basic metadata.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
InDesign EPUB Export Options (text)
A primer on the choices one can make at export from InDesign that will impact the accessibility of an ebook.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
Introduction to the Navigation File
This Introduction to the Navigation File of an EPUB breaks down the elements that make up this important file.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Checklist, Foundations and Rationale, Standards and Best Practices
Introduction to ID3 Tags in Audiobooks
ID3 tags are fields that you can fill out to add metadata to an audiobook. They were designed with music in mind, so some of the field names (Artist, Composer, etc.) don't always correspond. This...
Subject(s): Audiobook Production, Metadata
Resource Type(s): Checklist
Best Practices for Accessible Digital Marketing Materials
There are lots of different types of content you might create as marketing materials—this resource discusses some best practices for making accessible PDFs, videos, emails, presentations, and posters, as well as offering general guidelines that...
Subject(s): Digital Marketing
Resource Type(s): Standards and Best Practices
Introduction to Website Accessibility
There is a lot of in-depth information available about how to make websites and digital content accessible. This resource discusses 8 recommendations which serve as a great start!
Subject(s): Strategic Planning, Website Accessibility
Resource Type(s): Foundations and Rationale, Standards and Best Practices
Best Practices for Writing Image Descriptions
This Best Practices document reviews key guidelines to writing image descriptions. Whether you are a publisher, freelancer, author, or anyone else, this document will help you make decisions about how and what to describe.
Subject(s): Image Descriptions
Resource Type(s): Standards and Best Practices
A Guide to Adding Image Descriptions to Your Social Media Posts
Most of the popular social media platforms allow users to add alt-text to their images. This resource provides step-by-step instructions for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Subject(s): Digital Marketing, Image Descriptions
Resource Type(s): Standards and Best Practices, Step-by-Step