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The purpose of this chapter is to describe some of the issues related to creating accessible documents and publications. Publications include both formal publications such as those created by publishing houses and those created informally such as a corporate organization’s annual report. Until the last few years, most organizations relied heavily on the Portable Document Format (PDF) and this is gradually being replaced by the ePUB format as the accepted international standard. However, issues still exist in the best method to create these documents, how accessibility is assessed, and how to ensure accessibility is maximized for users. This chapter also looks at some of the new technology in document creation, remediation and assessment.
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Conway, V., Mace, A. (2019). Documents and Publications. In: Yesilada, Y., Harper, S. (eds) Web Accessibility. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7440-0_19
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