From dc76c6bbd79ae10a092b1329a1be936a10b11b5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Kerscher Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:35:36 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added e-book in several places and other minor changes --- UX-Guide-Metadata/draft/principles/index.html | 36 ++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/UX-Guide-Metadata/draft/principles/index.html b/UX-Guide-Metadata/draft/principles/index.html index 3406897d..5041ff03 100644 --- a/UX-Guide-Metadata/draft/principles/index.html +++ b/UX-Guide-Metadata/draft/principles/index.html @@ -117,20 +117,20 @@

Introduction

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Reading a publication is a very personal experience. For most people this is routine, and little +

Reading a digital publication is a very personal experience. For most people this is routine, and little consideration is given to how the title was obtained before it is read. Users may go to a bookstore, search for the title to purchase online, or have the title selected for them by an instructor for a class.

Now consider that the person is blind and relies on assistive technology. The user needs that technology - to assist them in the purchase process as well as to read the publication. The person may wonder: will + to assist them in the purchase process as well as to read the e-book. The person may wonder: will the screen reader work with this title; are there image descriptions that will be spoken to describe these images; are there page numbers which are accessible; is the reading order correct so a caution after reading a paragraph which could be dangerous will be announced? All of these, and more accessibility concerns are potential issues consumers have when trying to purchase and ultimately read a - digital publication.

+ digital publication in any format.

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The good news is more and more publishers are creating publications that are Born Accessible (i.e., +

The good news is more and more publishers are creating e-books that are Born Accessible (i.e., accessible from the outset, not fixed later) and getting the accessibility validation or audit done by independent organizations.

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General overview

important accessibility claims that helps end users find and determine if the publication can meet their specific accessibility needs.

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All accessibility metadata is meant to be machine-readable – apart from the accessibility summary - in +

All accessibility metadata is meant to be machine-readable – except for the accessibility summary - in this way accessibility metadata can be extracted and displayed uniformly across different publications and localized to different user interface languages.

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General information

determine their correct statement to display (from the Accessibility Metadata Display Guide for Digital Publications) by parsing the metadata and using the appropriate Display Techniques document.

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The product details provide precious information about the usability of the book in relation to specific +

The product details provide precious information about the usability of the e-book in relation to specific user needs. The following information should always be displayed: