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Accessibility





Making Accessibility Achievable in ePublishing

Nearly 2 billion people suffer from some form of visual impairment and reading disability around the world. While braille print format gives visually challenged readers access to the printed content, the Accessibility features enable them to read digital content with ease. The integration of the Accessibility feature facilitates digital content to a wider audience. With a team of experts who excel in the application of Accessibility features, Maestro is one of the leading organizations that has assisted publishers in incorporating accessible content in compliance with Section 508. Our specialty lies in employing SMEs with field expertise in decoding content for the benefit of visually-challenged, dyslexic, and motor-impaired readers.

We enable Accessibility in ePublishing in the following ways,


Creating Structural and Semantic content

Logical Reading Order

Logical Reading Order refers to the sequential and orderly presentation of content in a document that enables the readers to efficiently use assistive technology. When the reading order is established logically, it helps people with reading disabilities to consume the content easily. At Maestro, our experts create tags, which are consistent with the content of the document. Further, we meticulously check and correct the order of the tags to ensure the content flow is accurate and can be read smoothly by assistive tools. From tagging paragraphs, headings, images to remediating the tags, our team ensures that the logical reading order is established perfectly.

Alt Text

One of the important factors in establishing accessibility is providing an accurate and concise description of images and illustrations. At Maestro, we understand how non-text content can contribute to a holistic reading experience. With a team of Subject Matter Experts, we engage in the analyzing, writing, and proofreading of Alt Text content that is compliant with international standards and that can be read by assistive technology. Our experts with domain knowledge excel at interpreting images, graphs, illustrations, diagrams, formulas, and other visual content and writing brief and informative descriptions.

Theme Control

People with moderate to severe visual defects often find that reading digital content quickly tires their eyes. At Maestro, we understand how different color palettes, text size, and background design makes an impact on the reader. It is especially true for dyslexic readers, where an ill-fitted theme can wreck their reading capacity. Our creative team engages in creating organic and simple themes with typefaces, colors, and backgrounds optimized specially for readers with visual glitches.

Accessibility Testing & Audit

With more and more organizations emphasizing the importance of inclusivity and enabling visually-challenged to read, Maestro, as an industry leader, offers Accessibility testing and audit services. The success of Accessibility features can be measured only by evaluating the experience of the end-users. Maestro’s Accessibility Testing and Audit evaluates user experience which gives room to improvements. This in turn keeps us ahead of our competitor and adds value to our clients. Regular testing allows us to tweak and improve our services for the benefit of publishers.


We hone our services to suit the needs of publishers and the readers alike by conducting an Accessibility audit. Our Subject Matter Experts compose content based on the global guidelines and provide an intuitive and simple Alt text content. We efficiently interpret complex pictures, diagrams, and more and provide a succinct and informative explanation, which is both easy to read and easy to understand. Apart from the WCAG regulations, we also follow Maestro's detailed guide to effective Accessibility checks to ensure that our services are compliant with section 508, as well as our internal QA measures. We have exceeded the expectations of our clients by offering exemplary services through our.


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Making Different Formats Accessible

The technical masterminds at Maestro have ensured that Accessibility is not limited to particular digital formats and applications. Some of the popular formats that are made accessible are, EPUB3, PDF, Word, PPT.

MathML

We make understanding math easier for the visually-challenged. Being one of the toughest subjects, we help in decoding mathematics by employing MathML, which interprets imageries and equations accurately for the benefit of the readers. We comprehensively follow the guidelines of the International Digital Publishing Forum to ensure that the picture interpretation is authentic and unambiguous.

Subtitles for Videos, Audios, and Podcasts

Even native speakers of a language prefer to view a video with subtitles. We help in converting the audio into text with precision, which extends its benefits to the abled and the disabled. Subtitles enable people to understand the context of the video irrespective of the language, accent, and dialogue delivery.

Transcription Services

Transcribing a video, audio, or a podcast involves reproducing the content in the text format for people with auditory defects. Our professional transcribers ensure that the text is in sync with the video or audio, especially for foreign languages. The transcribed material is thoroughly proofread by our team to make it error-free.