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What is "born accessible"?
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Library staff need to know if your books have enhanced accessibility; retailers should display this information (and should be able to display it in advance of receiving the EPUB file); and readers and consumers should know if accessibility features are disabled as well as what is built in.
While you can supply metadata directly with the EPUB file, and it can carry information about accessibility, it's no help for anyone deciding if this ISBN represents a product that's usable for their needs. So, where do you go to provide accessibility metadata?
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This originally appeared on the BNC Blog at https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2019/6/20/producing-born-accessible-books. Subscribe the the blog RSS at https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog?format=rss.