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The recent session 'No-code accessibility from InDesign' by @CircularKen was the second most attended session of the week at the Digital Publishing Summit 2023 with people from 19 different countries tuning in to the live stream!
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Circular Software - So good that @robdewinter commits to the laptop sticker after his first demo at #CreativeProWeek

“That is actually amazing” - Tony Harmer gets a demo at #creativeproweek

Thanks! Let’s keep in touch @tonyharmer

How can typesetters, publishers and content creators be required to create accessible publications if they don’t have the tools to make them?
There is hope… No-code Accessibility for InDesign at Digital Publishing Summit 2023 on June 20th. #eprdctn
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Circular Software is a proud partner of Design + Accessibility Summit.
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📢 Exciting news!

The #Publishing Accessibility Action Group website has launched! Check it out: paag.uk

If you attended our #WednesdayWisdom Q&A session with PAAG Chair Stacy last month (or even if you didn't!), you'll definitely want to take a look.

The ability to check that a file is ready for accessible export, whilst still in InDesign is a great benefit.

❌ InDesign offers no accessibility checks.
🟢 Circular Software has multiple checklists that reports and flags accessibility issues in InDesign.
bit.ly/CircularA11y

Position images into text flow in InDesign to appear at the relevant place in reflowable EPUB.

❌ There is no way to check if images are anchored into text
🟢 Circular Software checks and flags any images that are not anchored for reflowable ebooks

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Section markers and landmarks identify and navigate major parts of an EPUB.
❌ InDesign offers no way to add section markers and landmarks.
🟢 Circular Software tools add visual section markers and landmarks to InDesign pages which are then added to your EPUB.
#InDesignBetter

After export EPUBs should be checked for validation against the EPUB standard and for accessibility issues.

❌ InDesign offers no method of validation.
🟢 Circular Software connects with epubcheck for validation and runs ACE A11y report on EPUBs.

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Many publishers do not use InDesign’s generated Table of Contents.

❌ InDesign requires user to make a complex uneditbale internal table of contents.
🟢 Circular Software users adds an editable accessible multi level contents page in their ebooks.
#InDesignBetter

Descriptions of images and figures should be added so their meaning can be delivered as text, braille or voice.

❌ InDesign alt text is applied individually in an grey dialog box
🟢 Circular Software visually prepares images for descriptions in bulk

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The level and ordering of headings is an important feature in ebook structure.

❌ InDesign offers no way to view or check applied heading hierarchy.
🟢 Circular Software visually labels heading tags then checks and flags when hierarchy out of sequence.

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‘ARIA roles’, the modern method used to indicate the meaning of content, are widely used on the web and are recommend within EPUB.

❌ InDesign offers no way to add ARIA roles.
🟢 Circular Software automatically adds useful ARIA roles to every EPUB.

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The reading order of InDesign bears no relation to position of objects on the page or styling used.

❌ InDesign Articles panel means users must manually add and reorder content.
🟢 Circular Software adds visual and editable reading order markers.

bit.ly/CircularA11y