Moviecaptioner mac11/14/2022 ![]() Imagine how confusing this would be to someone who is blind and relies on the VoiceOver screen reader to access content in iBooks. When I accessed the iBook on my iPad, VoiceOver read the following: “1872451980 image”. In my test iBook, I forgot to add a description for one of the placeholder images included in the iBooks Author template I selected. This is a problem because most people don’t use very descriptive file names before they add their images to a document. In my testing, I found that when you leave the description field for an image empty in iBooks Author, VoiceOver will read the entire file name when it comes across the image in iBooks 2. Web accessibility guidelines state that decorative images should have a null or empty alt attribute so that they are skipped by a screen reader, but there is currently no way in iBooks Author to indicate that an image should be skipped by VoiceOver on the iPad. the article suggests adding descriptions for all images, including background images.I would add a couple of bullet points to the advice given in the Apple support document: However, the article focuses mostly on the accessibility of images and other visual content, and does not include any information about closed captions. Department of Education).Īpple has published a support document with advice for making iBooks created with iBooks Author more accessible. government (for a summary of the legal requirements, please see the Dear Colleague letter and the follow-up clarification from the U.S. I think these new accessibility features of iBooks Author and iBooks 2 will go a long way toward facilitating the adoption of iBooks in the schools by meeting legal requirements for accessibility set by the U.S. This is a great feature that will benefit a range of different learners (not only those with hearing disabilities). I don’t remember this feature being discussed much at the event where Apple unveiled iBooks 2 and iBooks Author, and only found out about it while test driving the software.Īn even better surprise was learning that closed captions are now supported for any video that is embedded in an iBook. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Apple included an option for adding a description for images and other objects when it released iBooks Author. Today’s post will focus on some of the lessons I have learned about the accessibility of ebooks created with iBooks Author and accessed on the iPad with iBooks 2. ![]()
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