EPUB (Assistive Technologies):Checkpoints 6 and 7

Below you will find video tutorials for completing accessibility evaluations of eTextbooks in EPUB format using Assistive Technologies (AT).  Click here to view the EPUB AT Manual as a PDF. 

  1. Getting Started
  2. Checklist Instructions
  3. Software Requirements
  4. Checkpoint 1: Accessibility Documentation
  5. Checkpoint 2 and 3: Text Access and Text Adjustment
  6. Checkpoint 4 and 5: Reading Layout and Reading Order
  7. Checkpoints 6 and 7: Structural Markup Navigation (Text, Lists, eReader) and Tables
  8. Checkpoint 8: Hyperlinks
  9. Checkpoint 9: Color and Contrast
  10. Checkpoint 10 and 11: Language and Images
  11. Checkpoints 12 and 13: Multimedia (Text Track, Transcript, Assistive Player) and Flickering
  12. Checkpoint 14: STEM (Markup and Notation)
  13. Checkpoint 15: Interactive Elements

Checkpoints 6 and 7: Structural Markup Navigation (Text, Lists, eReader) and Tables

Transcripts

The sixth checkpoint is structural markup. The text of the digital resource includes markup for bullets and numbered lists that is compatible with assistive technology. However, NVDA cannot check for this. Mark n/a for your pass/fail column in your Excel sheet. In the additional information and details column, explain how NVDA cannot check for the structural markup of lists for this checkpoint. Adobe Digital Edition and NVDA were used to access and evaluate this text.The second part of the sixth checkpoint is that the text of the digital resource includes markup for bullets and numbered lists that is compatible with assistive technology. In the additional information and details column, explain how NVDA cannot check for the structural markup of lists for this checkpoint. Adobe Digital Edition and NVDA were used to access and evaluate this text. The third part of the sixth checkpoint is about using an eReader application. If the text of the digital resource is delivered within an ebook reader application, a method is provided that allows users to bypass the reader interface and move directly to the text content that is compatible with assistive technology. However, we are not using an additional eReader application, mark n/a on your Excel reports.In the additional information and details column, explain how we are not using an additional eReader application in this evaluation. Adobe Digital Editions and the screen reader NVDA were used to access and evaluate this text.

The seventh checkpoint is for tables in ePub. Data tables describe how markups (e.g. tags or styles) identify row and column headers in a manner that is compatible with assistive technology. However, mark this section as n/a because NVDA cannot check for this. In the additional information and details column, explain how NVDA cannot check for table markup for this checkpoint. Adobe Digital Edition and the screen reader NVDA were used to access and evaluate this text.