- From: Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:18:12 -0700
- To: W3C WAI ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAJeQ8SCjN4YKWKerW0poWTfWruO6rd5TeMQ_bf6NhiC2Yh_r3g@mail.gmail.com>
EPUB is an international standard based on HTML. They have an accessibility standard https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/. This is tied to WCAG 2.1. This is good. If the reflow criterion 1.4.10 is needed anywhere, it is needed in published books, articles, monographs etc. There is a "fixed format" for ebooks. This is inaccessible categorically. I hope that this is called out by the EPUB organization in its literature on accessibility. When we address the overhead cost of 2-dimensional scrolling for articles, monographs and books we are talking about thousands, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of scrolls. There are no textbooks in mathematics beyond calculus that reflow, and I only know of one calculus that reflows. Special attention should be given to STEM textbooks. Lack of accessible STEM textbooks is the reason for low participation in STEM subjects for people with print disabilities. It is very difficult to succeed in a course when you don't have a textbook. best, Wayne
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