diff --git a/content/igs/A11Y.md b/content/igs/A11Y.md index cd8b10e..945347c 100644 --- a/content/igs/A11Y.md +++ b/content/igs/A11Y.md @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ ig: ["Accessibility"] layout: definitions showReadTime: false showDate: false -member_url: -featureImage: "" +member_url: https://www.edrlab.org/accessibility/ +featureImage: "https://www.edrlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/edrlab_mea_accessibilite.png" --- -The SDG Publishers Compact, developed by the UN and the IPA, features 10 action points that publishers, publishing associations and others can commit to undertaking in order to accelerate progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. -EDRLab signed the compact in early 2023, the SDG Interest group is open to any EDRLab member who signed or want to sign the SDG Publishers Compact. +Accessibility is becoming increasingly important in the publishing industry. Thanks to the opportunities offered by new standards and digital reading technologies a new paradigm is emerging: produce accessible publications and distribute them through traditional distribution channels, so that people with print disabilities can enjoy reading and benefit from the same opportunities and choice as any other reader. -* [IPA interactive SDG site](https://sdg.internationalpublishers.org/sdg-publishers-compact/) -* [List of SDG Publishers Compact Members](https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact-members/) +New European and international legislative frameworks are reinforcing the demand for accessible content, not only by encouraging the production of digital accessible books, but also by requiring that the whole value chain (retailers, e-commerce sites, hardware and software, online platforms, DRM solutions, etc.) embrace accessibility. In particular, the recently approved European Accessibility Act invites the entire digital publishing industry to become accessible to disabled and elderly people. + +There are already several interest groups working on the implementation of the EU Accessibility Act, but the constitution of the EDRLab membership and the technical expertise of the EDRLab team paves the way for interesting studies on specific topics.