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Accessibility in Publishing: A Case Study from Kogan Page

SDGs Impacted

Broadly speaking, there are three key reasons why publishers ought to engage with accessibility: The first is legal. Secondly, there are well-defined standards, which enable publishers to semantically describe and format their content accessibly. Thirdly, there are documentation and resources available in the public domain that greatly facilitate a structured approach to accessibility for publishers. This case study will describe the approach to accessibility taken by Kogan Page. The focus will be primarily on the path we took to create accessible content, but it will become clear that this is not where the journey ends.

Impact / Outcome
The approach we have taken to accessibility has resulted in a new pre-press workflow, semantically enriched content, more control over the rendering of our content (CSS) and a sense that we are now genuinely reaching all possible users.
Funding sources
Private
Key Metrics
Make authors’ content accessible to the widest possible readership
Sector
IT and Communications (ICT)
Intervention lever
Indirect government
Operating model
Fully private
Target population
Disabled
Year published
01 January 2019

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A World Economic Forum Initiative