A window of opportunity 11/10/2015 Ebooks accessibility and copyright

The non-level playing field

Changes to disabled student allowances DSA

The e-book solution Paper = problems Digital = diversity Anywhere Instantly Idiosyncratically Creatively 4

Text reflow with magnification Not this …… or this …… but this …… 5

Text to speech Not this …… but this …… 11/10/2015 6

Colour / contrast Not this …… but this …… 7

Navigation Not this …… but this …… 8

Getting the digital book. From an aggregator / online library service? From a publisher? From institution created scans? Your own? Another? A central service like Load2Learn? From learner created scans? 9

From an aggregator? Dawson Era EBL MyiLibrary Netlibrary Palgrave ProQuest Lit Online Safari Sage Science Direct Springer 10 Several universities actively explored the accessibility of different platforms. Findings: 6 of these 11 have good accessibility. Which are they?

The results... so far 11 High accessibilitySome barriersSignificant barriers Dawson Era EBL MyiLibrary Netlibrary Palgrave ProQuest Lit Online Safari Sage Science Direct Springer Wiley

From a publisher? Some excellent responsiveness (and speedy service) among many UK based publishers.. Check out BUT 1) May be reluctant to supply PDF if you are already subscribing to electronic collection (!) 2) May come with illegally restrictive licensing (probably due to inertia rather than malice) 11/10/2015Title of presentation (Go to ‘View’ menu > ‘Header and Footer…’ to edit the footers on this slide) 12

Opportunities for aggravation. 11/10/ Publisher says…You agree not to otherwise reproduce, use, sell, transmit, publish, broadcast, or otherwise disseminate or distribute the file (or any version modified for accessibility purposes) to anyone, including but not limited to other students with a print impairment at your or any other institution, The law says ….. S31BA (2) (2) An authorised body which has made an intermediate copy of a work under this section may supply it to another authorised body which is entitled to make accessible copies of the work under section 31B for the purposes of enabling that other body to make accessible copies of the work.

From a scanned hardcopy Institution Cost ~ £600 / book Kit – more efficient scanners = high costs Competence – staff skills in OCR, proof reading, image description, symbols /maths. 14 Other Communities of practice Professional links Transcription service Load2Learn 11/10/2015

Learner based DIY 15 11/10/2015 1) Mobile phone photo or screenshot. 2) Add OneNote/ EverNote / GoogleDrive. 3) Make text searchable. 4) Get Alt Text.

Advice for suppliers 1) Make it easy for people to get legitimate access to text. Technical Protection Measures can Trigger Prohibited Methods 2) Be honest and supportive. Tell people what you do well and save them time by signalling what you don’t do well. 3) Have an accessibility roadmap for your own products. 4) Liaise with other parts of the supply chain so they don’t undermine your good practice /10/2015

Advice for institutions Make accessibility a procurement criterion. Check “product liabilities” before parting with money. Ensure text to speech is installed across the network. Ensure reading lists and ebooks work together Ensure staff and learners know how to exploit the accessibility benefits of ebooks. Title of presentation 00/00/

Through the Window of opportunity Title of presentation 00/00/ Publisher Increasing accessibility of raw files (EPUB, tagged PDFs) Aggregator Improved interface and personalisation options. Intelligent DRM. HEIs Intelligent procurement. Site wide text to speech. Disability aware reading lists. Load2Learn liaison. Learners Awareness of accessibility options. Effective use of available tools. Healthy market

Find out more… 11/10/2015Title of presentation (Go to ‘View’ menu > ‘Header and Footer…’ to edit the footers on this slide) 19 Alistair McNaught Subject Specialist, Accessibility jisc.ac.uk Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND