| Tittel: | Hachette and accessibility : Creating content that can be used by everyone | | Ansvar: | Catherine Saez | | Forfatter: | Saez, Catherine  | | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | | Signatur: | WIPO Magazine | | Utgitt: | Geneva : WIPO, 2020 | | Omfang: | S. 34-38 | | ISBN/ISSN: | 1564-7854 | | Serie: | WIPO Magazine ; 3/2020 | | Stikkord: | Direktiv (EU) 2019/882 - om tilgængelighedskrav for produkter og tjenester | | Innhold: | In late 2019, Hachette Livre, the world’s third largest publisher, became the 100th signatory of the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) Charter, committing to making
its products fully accessible to all users, and in particular to people living with blindness or visual impairment.
Hachette Livre is at the forefront of accessible e-book production. From 2018, all the novels it has published have been “born accessible,” that is, produced in accessible formats for visually impaired people.
Accessibility has been a priority for Hachette Livre over the last decade, with efforts spearheaded by Luc Audrain, Hachette Livre’s technical expert on digital accessibility standards.
The new European Union (EU) Directive 2019/882 on accessibility requirements for products and services brings new obligations for publishers and distributors
in the European Union that need to be applied by 2025.
Luc Audrain hails the EU Directive as a necessary jolt for the publishing industry in Europe but warns that current standards, in particular “EPUB accessibility 1.0”, should be retained. Inventing a new standard, he suggests, would be detrimental to both visually impaired people and publishers. | | Del av verk: | WIPO Magazine 3/2020 |
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