All the documents and publications related to the ABELab projects are shared here in an accessible format.
It is possible to load deliverable catalog into reading application (OPDS) into any good reading application (Catalogue OPDS containing EPUB versions of the deliverables).
Read online, download or load deliverable catalog into reading application (OPDS) into any good reading application (Catalogue OPDS containing EPUB versions of the deliverables)! Feedback request on relevance and expectations for the future This survey aims to gather feedback on the ABE Lab project, its relevance and its impact for publishers who collaborated on the project or who are interested in remediation of backlist ebooks. For the project partners, it is also a useful opportunity to ascertain the needs and expectations of publishers for possible future projects....
This HTML page is an extract of the deliverable “Final report” available to download as Download as PDF (407 ko) or Download as EPUB (143 ko) Abstract The European Accessibility Act (EAA) 1 is a European Union (EU) Directive that aims to improve the functioning of the internal market for accessible products and services by removing barriers created by divergent rules in Member States 2. The EAA will take effect in June 2025, requiring many products and services, including ebooks categorised as services, to comply with accessibility requirements....
This HTML page is an extract of the deliverable “Guidelines for remediation tools producers” available to download as PDF (1.6 mo) or EPUB (800 ko). Introduction This white paper is a public deliverable of the Accessible Backlist Ebooks Laboratory (ABE Lab), a Creative Europe funded project, and can be freely downloaded from the Deliverables section on the official ABE Lab website. In recent years, the topic of digital accessibility has become increasingly important, also in the light of the imminent entry into force of the Directive 2019/882 on accessibility requirements for products and services, usually referred to as European Accessibility Act (EAA)....
To test if the identified remediation tools offer functionalities to fix the identified accessibility issues, we’ve built a set of test files, one for each starting format (EPUB 2, EPUB 3, EPUB Fixed Layout, PDF). We used these test files to carry out functional tests to assess which functionalities were present in a tool and which were missing. In these files, we included all the most recurrent accessibility issues according to our analysis of the publisher's provided ebook backlist....
This HTML page is an extract of the deliverable “Report on Backlist Data and gap analysis” available to download as PDF (1.6 mo) or EPUB (800 ko). Without precise data about the composition of ebook backlists in Europe, it is not possible to evaluate the best workflows and the cost of remediation of these ebooks. Without precise data about new releases, it is difficult to evaluate the potential evolution of the number of accessible ebooks before and after the European Accessibility Act comes into force, and therefore the success of the EAA in the ebook publishing industry....