eBooks, accessibility and the catalysts for culture change
eBooks, accessibility and the catalysts for culture change
The evolution of any product is usually in response to perceived benefits; either for the workflow, cost-benefit or for the end users. The development of accessible digital print resources at source of publication is uniquely advantageous in many ways. A system with improved accessibility for humans also enables content to be machine read[1]. Although the global publishing and digital distribution industries have not uniformly embraced accessibility, the United Kingdom (UK) has been able to make significant positive progress. The UK has not embraced a specific disability ebook format and distribution system; instead, through a model of cross-industry stakeholder engagement, a cultural shift has begun to embed accessibility at source within the publishing industry. The authors maintain that the cultural change witnessed is not a coincidence and has its roots in a particular set of catalysts being initiated by stakeholders resulting in a model that could be replicated
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Draffan, E.A.
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James, A.
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9 July 2014
Draffan, E.A.
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McNaught, A.
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James, A.
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Draffan, E.A., McNaught, A. and James, A.
(2014)
eBooks, accessibility and the catalysts for culture change.
In Computers Helping People with Special Needs.
vol. 8548,
Springer Cham.
.
(doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08599-9_80).
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The evolution of any product is usually in response to perceived benefits; either for the workflow, cost-benefit or for the end users. The development of accessible digital print resources at source of publication is uniquely advantageous in many ways. A system with improved accessibility for humans also enables content to be machine read[1]. Although the global publishing and digital distribution industries have not uniformly embraced accessibility, the United Kingdom (UK) has been able to make significant positive progress. The UK has not embraced a specific disability ebook format and distribution system; instead, through a model of cross-industry stakeholder engagement, a cultural shift has begun to embed accessibility at source within the publishing industry. The authors maintain that the cultural change witnessed is not a coincidence and has its roots in a particular set of catalysts being initiated by stakeholders resulting in a model that could be replicated
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Published date: 9 July 2014
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14th International Conference, ICCHP 2014, Paris, France, 2014-07-09 - 2014-07-11
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Web & Internet Science
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Local EPrints ID: 367367
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/367367
ISBN: 978-3-319-08598-2
ISSN: 0302-9743
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