unlocking potential making published materials more accessible john sewell
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
Making Published Materials More Accessible
John Sewell
![Page 2: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
There is a problem
• Published materials specified for courses are not available in a form that some users can access
![Page 3: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
The People
• Adrian Higginbotham • BECTA Inclusion Team
• Alistair McNaught• TechDis
• John Sewell• TechDis
![Page 4: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
Inspiration
• Peter NicholsonSound Sense and Vision Charitable Trust and UCLan
• Jo Richler Head of Learning Resources at Wigan and Leigh college
![Page 5: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
Who’s Problem?
• Those with visual impairment
AND
• People with reading difficulties
• People with movement difficulties
On-line or digital content is inherently more accessible
![Page 6: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
Current Options
• Look for it as a online resource• Revealweb• The online repository project
• Have somebody read it to you
• Ask the publisher for a digital copy
• Scan,OCR and edit
![Page 7: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
The Publishers
• Display a natural caution• Tend to be fixated on VI• Some are very conservative• Some see the potential• Looking for advice on the first steps to take
![Page 8: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
What Format?
• Daisy
• Tagged documents
• Word
• PDF’s
![Page 9: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
PDF’s
• Publishers are familiar with them
• Using reader 7.0 they are very accessible
![Page 10: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
The Key factor
STRUCTURE
• Conversions are easy if the structure is there from the start
• And almost impossible if it isn’t
![Page 11: Unlocking Potential Making Published Materials More Accessible John Sewell](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062517/56649edb5503460f94beac5f/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Unlocking Potential
Next steps
• Produce a ‘Benevolent Bill’ for Adobe
• Spread the message on structure
• Provide advice for publishers on how to make content accessible
• Keep pushing the Accessibility is for everybody message