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Make Accessible EPUBs from Adobe InDesign Layouts (Lecture session)

Presented at 2:15pm in Standley II Lab on Thursday, November 15, 2018.

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Speaker(s)

  • Bevi Chagnon, Designer, Senior Accessibility Trainer, PubCom.com

Session Details

  • Length of Session: 2-hr
  • Format: Lecture
  • Expertise Level: Beginner
  • Type of session: General Conference

Summary

If you already can make InDesign layouts for accessible PDFs, then this demonstration will give the details you need to know about converting them to accessible EPUBs, giving your college more options to meet the needs of your students with minimal cost and labor.

Abstract

Take your accessible InDesign layouts to the next level! This advanced session is for those who already know know the basics of making accessible documents from Adobe InDesign, the world's leading desktop publishing software. The session demonstrates how to adjust your layouts and export them to fully accessible EPUB versions of your publication. You now can have it all from InDesign — press-quality PDFs, accessible PDFs, and accessible EPUBs. Yeowza! Added discussions: What types of designs and publications are good candidates for EPUB; how EPUBs differ from PDFs; recommended OpenType/Unicode open source fonts that are royalty free; and Common gotchas to prevent in EPUBs.

Keypoints

  1. Includes step-by-step instructions
  2. Review of EPUB strengths and drawbacks
  3. Tips for maximizing the appearance and readability of EPUBs

Disability Areas

All Areas

Topic Areas

Alternate Format, Teaching about Accessibility in Curriculum, Uncategorized

Speaker Bio(s)

Bevi Chagnon

Bevi Chagnon has been active in the standards community for 25 years, and currently is a US Delegate to the ISO committees for PDF and PDF/UA. With a long career in publishing, she’s an expert for Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, MS Office, and accessibility. She’s a professional educator, award-winning designer, and former faculty member at Washington DC-area colleges/universities. Bevi is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and a contributor on many forums, including the Adobe Community Forums where she is an invited Community Expert.