Manifest on convergence of e-book accessibility standards

Hi APA,

i want to bring to your attention a problem with regards to ebook accessibility that we are facing in Europe next year, when the European Accessibility Act kicks in.  The point is that the EAA makes a difference between ebooks in EPUB3 vs. ebooks in PDF. Therefore, the two following standards are relevant, when it comes to compliance of ebooks to EAA:

  *   For ebooks in EPUB3: W3C EPUB Accessibility 1.1<EPUB%20Accessibility%201.1>
  *   For ebooks in PDF: EN 301 549 v4.1.1 (coming)

Here is a summary of the main differences between the two standards:

  *   EPUB Accessibility is based on WCAG 2.0 A (as requirement), whereas EN 301 549 v4.1.1 will be based on WCAG 2.2 AA
  *   EPUB Accessibility includes metadata for discoverability, but EN 301 549 not currently.

A group of accessibility experts (including me) has met a couple of times to discuss this problem. The result of our discussions is attached as "Manifest on convergence of e-book accessibility standards".  We want a consolidation of standards for ebook accessibility, so that publishers do not need to make a difference between ebooks in EPUB3 and ebooks in PDF format.

Can we discuss this in one of our upcoming meetings?

Best regards,
Gottfried

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