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People with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, dyslexia, or mobility impairments that affect their use of print are not able to access this material. Because they are unable read this printed text, they face enormous barriers in education and employment.  \nSpecialized organizations and libraries provide conversions of some books, making them accessible for people with print disabilities. However, due to the volume of material and the expense of converting to accessible format after a book is published, a vast majority of materials never get converted. The solution to this is to create books that are accessible during the publishing process. As long as a book is “born digital,” it can be “born accessible.”  \nThe following tips help publishers, authors, and other content creators create accessible files from the beginning. The header for each tip also provides a link to more information. Utilizing these tips can help create a process that ensures books are “born accessible.”  \nTop Tips for Creating Accessible EPUB 3 Files  \n1. Use HTML 5  \n􀁸 Why? Behind the curtain, HTML 5 tags key elements and identifies them by name (that’s what they mean by structural semantics) . Assistive Technology (AT) users will know to listen for these. Learn more about HTML 5.  \n2. All text must be available in a logical reading order  \n􀁸 Text can have sidebars or callouts; if you tag that content, a screen reader knows when in the text to read it. Blind users can’t jump around in a book if you don’t tell them where they are and how to get to the next section they’re looking for. Text must not be presented as images, be reordered by CSS, or require scripting to be accessed. Use structural markup to define the natural reading order of the primary content and to distinguish secondary material such as footnotes, references, figures, and other auxiliary content. Learn more about logical reading order & assistive technologies.  \n3. Separate presentation and content  \n􀁸 Visual reading is only one way of accessing content. Separation of the presentation (i.e., styling) from the content allows for someone to easily change how the content is presented to meet their own needs. For example, if you embed a specific font and point size for the text, this prevents someone from using a different font, such as one optimized for dyslexia, and doesn’t allow for a  \nlow vision user to increase the size of the text. Do not use visual-only cues such as colored text, font size or positioning as the only clue to the meaning or importance of a word or section. Do not use tables or pictures of text to control the appearance of the content. The meaning of the content should be the same both with and without any styles or formatting applied. Learn more about separation of style for equal access.  \n4. Provide complete navigation  \n􀁸 It is essential to enable navigation through a book by tagging every important section of the book: chapters, sections, etc. Blind users can’t jump around in a book if you don’t tell them where they are and how to get to the next part they are looking for. Include a complete table of contents in the front matter and consider smaller tables of contents at the start of each section. Use \u003Csection> and \u003Caside> tags within the content and the \u003Citemref linear=”no”> tag in the manifest file to define a logical reading order. This is particularly important for academic, educational, and other complex texts. Learn more about accessible navigation.  \n5. Create meaningful structure wherever possible  \n􀁸 Create a structure by using numbered headings in a logical structure. For other tagged structures, specify their content with the epub:type attribute. 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