Introduction to Accessible Ebook Production: Fixed Layout Format
Fixed layout books can't have as many accessiblity features as reflowable books, but there are steps to take to ensure the book is as accessible as possible! This brief introduction to making accessible, fixed layout...
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Standards and Best Practices
Introduction to Image Descriptions
Including image descriptions in your ebooks and digital content hugely increases accessibility because it ensures that all readers have access to the same content. This Introduction discusses the importance of image descriptions - to your...
Subject(s): Image Descriptions
Resource Type(s): Foundations and Rationale
Who Should Create Image Descriptions
This resource discusses the options you might have for image description creators/authors. There are many different people that can potentially do this work, and deciding on a person or group is an important step!
Subject(s): Image Descriptions, Strategic Planning
Resource Type(s): 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
Guide for Reviewing Image Descriptions
This guide shares a short checklist of items to review when reading or editing image descriptions. Whether you wrote them yourself, or someone else wrote them, this guide will help ensure the quality of descriptions.
Subject(s): Digital Marketing, Ebook Production, Image Descriptions, Website Accessibility
Resource Type(s): Checklist, Standards and Best Practices
Image Description Examples
This document contains examples demonstrating the Best Practices and concepts explained in the "Best Practices for Writing Image Descriptions" document.
Subject(s): Image Descriptions
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
Introduction to Writing Descriptions for Complex Content
This resource introduces the concept of long/extended descriptions, and provides a general discussion of how to approach and develop them.
Subject(s): Image Descriptions
Resource Type(s): Standards and Best Practices
Best Practices for Writing Long Descriptions for Complex Content
This best practices document reviews guidelines for writing long descriptions for a variety of image types, like maps, graphs, charts, formulas, and more.
Subject(s): Image Descriptions
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
Accessible Audiobook Production: What to Record
This resource provides guidelines around what sections of a book should be recorded, and offers some discussion around approaches and options for footnotes/endnotes, and image descriptions.
Subject(s): Audiobook Production, Image Descriptions, Strategic Planning
Resource Type(s): Checklist, Standards and Best Practices
Accessible Audiobook Production: Children’s Books
Illustrated children's books present a unique challenge when it comes to recording audio. This resource discusses a few approaches you may consider.
Subject(s): Audiobook Production, Image Descriptions, Strategic Planning
Resource Type(s): Foundations and Rationale