eReaders aren’t designed with accessibility in mind. Ken Petri, Director of the Web Accessibility Center at The Ohio State University, contributed a chapter about eBook accessibility to the forthcoming No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Ebooks title from ALA Editions. Due to the need for currency of this topic, Ken has posted some material on a website. This information includes:
- Functional criteria for e-book accessibility — what attributes an e-book reader platform needs in order to be accessible to users with disabilities.
- An overview of common e-book reader accessibility — a limited and partial glance at the landscape of e-book readers, installed, web-based, and integrated with a device.
- Coming soon: A comparative chart of eReaders and accessibility criteria
Ken was interviewed by No Shelf Required back in October of 2010. The post about the interview contains links to many resources.
Via No Shelf Required
