It’s Really Time to Get Serious About Accessibility - DCL Learning Series Webinar

Making content accessible for people with visual and cognitive impairments has long been a topic of discussion as well as a service provided by DCL. Yet here we are in 2023 and a recent statistic from the Allen Institute states that “only about 2.4% of published scientific research papers are fully accessible.” Why is this? Join DCL President Mark Gross and the scholarly publishing industry’s biggest proponent of accessibility, Bill Kasdorf, as they discuss some of the trends they are seeing across the industry. It truly is time to make content accessible for all. Bill and Mark will talk through recent mandates and industry efforts that are making a difference. This time it’s for real.

Read the transcript of this webinar at https://www.dataconversionlaboratory....

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:06:26 - The Importance of EPUB 3.3 as a Formal W3C Recommendation
0:10:18 - The Accessibility of Journal Articles: EPUBs vs Properly Tagged HTML Files
0:15:15 - The Evolution of Accessibility: From Web Standards to Screen Readers
0:21:45 - The Importance of Color Contrast in Website Accessibility
0:25:36 - The Influence of Audience and Context on AI-Generated Image Descriptions
0:33:17 - Enhancing Accessibility: Importance of Tagging Table Headers in JATS
0:36:36 - MathML: The Evolution of Math Rendering in Web Browsers
0:40:30 - The Importance of Upgrading Older Material for Publishers
0:45:17 - AI-Generated Actors: The Rise of Digital Extras
0:52:42 - Training Editors for Effective Image Descriptions
0:55:08 - The Importance of Unique Image Descriptions for Accessibility