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Born Digital = Born Accessible New Developments in Creation and Use of Accessible Images and Other Materials Betsy Beaumon June 2015

Agenda ● Introduction ● Overview of Where Things Stand ● Tools for Creating Accessible Content ● Keeping Up with Updates ● Questions Page 2

Benetech (the Bookshare folks) ● 340,000 trade titles, textbooks and periodicals ● 360,000 members ● 500+ publishing partners ● 60 countries ● 7 million ebooks downloaded ● http://bookshare.org Page 3

BORN DIGITAL BORN ACCESSIBLE! BornAccessible.org Page 4

STEM Content = Special Challenges Page 5

The DIAGRAM Center ● Digital Image and Graphics Resources for Accessible Materials ● Make it easier, cheaper, and faster to create and use accessible digital images ● Free open source tools globally ● Partnership: Benetech, NCAM at WGBH, US Fund for DAISY ● http://diagramcenter.org Page 6

New Technology Furthers Accessibility ● Image Descriptions ● Tactile Graphics ● 3D Objects ● Accessible Math ● Sonification ● Interactives/Widgets Page 7

Poet: Description Tool /Training Image Description Training Module: https://diagram.herokuapp.com/training/index Page 8

When Words Are Not Enough ● Tactile graphics are tactile representations of graphics ● Often needed for… – Charts – Diagrams and schematics – Maps ● Subjects most likely – STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) – Geography Page 9

Accessible Image Sample Book ● Free online resource with examples of accessible images, in full-page context ● Includes commentary on treatments and sample code ● EPUB3 and DAISY ● Sample Book Webinar: http://diagramcenter.org/webi nars.html#aisb ● Sample book: http://diagramcenter.org/stan dards-and- practices/accessible-image- sample-book.html Page 10

Sample Image: Heart & Lungs ● Image description: provides basic accessibility to an image ● Tactile Graphic (2D): provides more information about spatial and physical relationships Page 11

Tactile Version: Heart & Lungs Page 12

Sample Image: Carbon Atom Page 13

3D Printing:Tactile Graphics Revolution? Increasing prevalence of ● printers + appeal of universal design ● Challenges: access to files, printers, expertise ● Webinar on 3D: http://diagramcenter.org/webinar s.html#3D ● Final Report: http://diagramcenter.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/06/3D_Fi nalReport_SIU_3.docx Page 14

Our Math Problem: “Image” Page 15

Content Versus Reading Tools “MathML Cloud” Page 16

Making Math Accessible Input: “(y_2 -y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=- 10” Outputs: See MathML Cloud “start frac y sub 2 minus y Hear sub 1 over x sub 2 minus x sub 1 end frac equals minus 10” Page 17

MathML Cloud Project Download MathMLCloud http://mathml- cloud.cloudapp.net/ Future-proofed (data stored in cloud) Page 18

Sonification ● Uses non-speech audio to convey information and help perceptualize data ● MathTrax: application created by NASA that provides sonification for mathematical graphs ● http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov /mathtrax/ Page 19

Making Interactives Accessible ● Simulations ● Interactive Number Lines ● Quizzes ● 3D models Page 20

Accessible Interactive Content/Widgets Accessible Widget: http://diagramcenter.org/accessible-slider.html Page 21

What’s Left? ● Expanded Image Description Training Module ● End-to-end math solution ● Building an accessible content Repository/Registry ● More Interactive widgets & content ● Adoption of Accessibility Metadata to assist discovery ● And MORE! Page 22

Keeping Up with Updates ● Born Accessible: Bornaccessible.org ● DIAGRAM Center: – Website: diagramcenter.org – Webinars: http://www.diagramcenter.org/standards- and-practices/training.html – Blog: http://blog.diagramcenter.org/ ● MathML Cloud: Mathmlcloud.org ● Poet: https://diagram.herokuapp.com/ Page 23

THANK YOU! Page 24