Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde (DZB) Martin Schulze - Media Producer | DZB Leipzig Lars Voigt – Software Developer | DZB Leipzig Symposium on Barrier Free Access to Digital Information Leipzig, 11 February 2015 Barrierefreie Aufbereitung digitaler Inhalte (Barrier-free adaption of digital content) Project BADI

1. BADI – current DZB project Supporting the usage of EPUB3 books within the educational sector Funded by the government 1 software developer, 2 media producers Start: April 2014

2. Goals Developing guidelines for the creation of accessible content Expanding DZB production tools Creating and testing an example book Working with and expanding the reading system READIUM

3. Guidelines Based on the EPUB 3 Accessibility Guidelines Collimated, newly structured and enriched for the purposes of the project Enrichment with tech example documents still to take place (like tech documents of WCAG) Semi-automatic checks possible

4. Expanding DZB tools XML-based workflow Data processed: mostly scan data and PDF Creating export scripts

5. Creating and testing EPUB3-book Textbooks currently used in school Textbooks are tested in cooperation with the Saxon vocational school for blind and partially sighted students Software used for usability tests: READIUM

6. Readium Main objective: To remove barriers to education and employment for visually impaired individuals Software requirements EPUB 3 support Accessibility standards conformity BITV (German WCAG) Daisy e-reader test Assistive technology

Readium Project Goals Best match with our requirements Primary focus is a reference system for rendering EPUB 3 publications Non-profit membership organisation Open Source Current Readium Foundation member: Adobe, DAISY Consortium, Deutsche Telekom, IBM, IDPF, New York Public Library and many more 7. The Readium Foundation

8. What is Readium? The core Renders EPUB 3 publications Engine has the most comprehensive EPUB 3 feature support Main component in other applications that support the EPUB format Applications on top of the core Web-based cloud-reader Browser plugins iOS, Android, Windows Apps

9. Face to face with the DZB cloud reader

9.1. Cloud reader concept Single-page application HTML 5, JavaScript and CSS Usage without installation (web browser) Support of assistive technology (Jaws, …) Content management on DZB server side

9.2. Why a DZB cloud reader? Can´t buy an „off-the-shelf product“ that meets our accessibility requirements Streaming library e-content No DRM necessary – the client only gets single EPUB 3 pages not the EPUB 3 as a whole

9.3. Live Bookshelf Example book Mathml (epubtest 100) Media Overlays New features and accessibilty improvements: Custom colour scheme Picker ARIA fixings 99% keyboard support -> operable without mouse scalable focus weight

13. Potential future goals „Using the full potential of EPUB 3 for the special needs in school and education“ Establishing EPUB reading as a DZB service Coming together for social reading (reading and discussion experience for all)

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