Accessible Books - An opportunity

Shilpi Kapoor Managing Director

Tel: +91-22-26860485/6 Web: www.barrierbreak.com Email: [email protected] Today’s Scenario 1 Billion People with Disabilities in the World

• A Persons with disability doesn’t have the option to buy and read a book as and when they want to • Accessible formats are generally produced and distributed by – Disability Organizations / Libraries for the Blind – Education Institutes – Disability Support Services • Publisher thereby loose the business opportunity of servicing this segment • Often the same book is being produced by multiple disability organizations Challenges faced in Adoption of

“Though Publisher do know of the problem, often are unsure of the approach or solution that could assist them to adopt accessibility

Costs The estimation of cost vs the return on Training & investment is often a Implementation deterrent in Internal teams and implementing vendor teams need to accessibility be trained in Understanding the accessibility accessibility needs implementation Little or no understanding on how to adopt the accessibility standards and guidelines Large Number of and how to implement Books them across the Publishers often see different platforms and a huge challenge of technologies implementing accessibility Overall Approach

What type of additional Plan an Which support you Accessibility formats will Production Market need to add Strategy you provide? Reach in your • • Create • Large Print books? workflows and Ensure you create • Decide what • EPUB 3 processes to • Image delivery channels standards to follow • NIMAS map the description requirements to reach the target • Understand the • Daisy • MathML Support • Ensure audience implications in • Accessible PDF various technologies • Tactile Diagrams accessibility is added all • Create an initial • Captioning through the implementation process strategy • Train teams and choose vendors based on knowledge How can BarrierBreak assist you?

• Plan your accessibility strategy • Provide offshore teams to support the implementation • Ensure quality by providing access to people with disabilities

Lets partner in this journey towards accessible ! Where to Contact Me? email: [email protected] Web: www.barrierbreak.com

Connect with me at: Shilpi_Kapoor