13 Oct 2022
Circular Software.
#InDesignBetter
13 Oct 2022
Many publishers do not use InDesign’s generated Table of Contents.
❌ InDesign requires user to make a complex uneditbale internal table of contents.
🟢 Circular Software users adds an editable accessible multi level contents page in their ebooks.
#InDesignBetter
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11 Oct 2022
Circular Software.
#InDesignBetter
11 Oct 2022
The level and ordering of headings is an important feature in ebook structure.
❌ InDesign offers no way to view or check applied heading hierarchy.
🟢 Circular Software visually labels heading tags then checks and flags when hierarchy out of sequence.
bit.ly/CircularA11y
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11 Oct 2022
Coming to an InDesign file near you! Visual addition of alt tags, reading order and fig captions all with no coding required.
Circular Software. #InDesignBetter
ALT An InDesign page layout showing the artwork with superimposed images descriptions, reading order and associated captions.
ALT An ACE by DAISY report showing the correctly applied alt tags and associate fig caption.
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10 Oct 2022
Circular Software.
#InDesignBetter
10 Oct 2022
‘ARIA roles’, the modern method used to indicate the meaning of content, are widely used on the web and are recommend within EPUB.
❌ InDesign offers no way to add ARIA roles.
🟢 Circular Software automatically adds useful ARIA roles to every EPUB.
bit.ly/CircularA11y
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9 Oct 2022
Circular Software.
#InDesignBetter
6 Oct 2022
By declaring how accessible (or not!) an EPUB is, we inform about the ebook has before purchase or download.
❌ InDesign offers no way to add this required metadata.
🟢 Circular Software users fill in a ready made Accessibility Metadata Panel.
bit.ly/CircularA11y
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9 Oct 2022
Circular Software.
#InDesignBetter
9 Oct 2022
The reading order of InDesign bears no relation to position of objects on the page or styling used.
❌ InDesign Articles panel means users must manually add and reorder content.
🟢 Circular Software adds visual and editable reading order markers.
bit.ly/CircularA11y
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8 Oct 2022
Circular Software. #InDesignBetter
8 Oct 2022
Poor contrast between text and background is of great importance for those with sight difficulties.
❌ InDesign offers no way to check text contrast.
🟢 Circular Software displays contrast ratios of InDesign content and whether within A11y guidelines.
bit.ly/CircularA11y
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7 Oct 2022
Mark page position of physical book into EPUB to navigate ebooks to print equivalent.
❌ InDesign offers no way to add page markers or page lists.
🟢 Circular Software automatically adds page markers and page lists to every EPUB.
#InDesignBetter #eprdctn
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14 Sep 2022
In this proof of concept video (6:50s) a visual page transforms to different presentations. This is being demonstrated responsively with media queries, but could be something that could be triggered by the reading system or reader. #w3cTPAC #InDesignBetter youtu.be/Rah0PPlQA8k?t=410
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18 Nov 2021
Despite being widely used by the publishing as the industry standard page layout tool for PDF and print production, InDesign is found to be not fit for purpose for those wanting to publishing accessible EPUB publications
medium.com/@ken_6864/no-code…
Circular Software. #InDesignBetter
ALT No-Code Accessibility for InDesign. Circular Software. #InDesignBetter Quote, as in the main tweet, is created to Ken Jones - Director of Circular Software.
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17 Nov 2021
"Adobe InDesign is failing to create EPUBs to the standards required for modern accessible publishing."
medium.com/@ken_6864/no-code…
Circular Software. #InDesignBetter
ALT No-Code Accessibility for InDesign. Circular Software. #InDesignBetter
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16 Nov 2021
"Circular Software is filling in the accessibility gaps left by Adobe and helping their users to #InDesignBetter."
medium.com/@ken_6864/no-code…
Circular Software. #InDesignBetter
ALT No-Code Accessibility for InDesign. Circular Software. #InDesignBetter
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15 Nov 2021
No-code Accessibility for InDesign. New, free tools now available.
medium.com/@ken_6864/no-code…
Circular Software. #InDesignBetter
ALT No-Code Accessibility for InDesign. Circular Software. #InDesignBetter
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11 Nov 2021
Join us online from Tuesday at the The Design Accessibility Summit by @CreativePro_com for our BIG announcement on No-Code Accessibility for InDesign.
Circular Software #InDesignBetter
ALT A panel of a Mac app showing some GreenLight Accessibility tools. Tools listed are 'Label paragraph export tags', 'Remove paragraph export tag labels', 'Analyse character style export tags' & 'Text contrast tool'.
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9 Nov 2021
Join us online November 16-19 for The Design Accessibility Summit by @CreativePro_com for our BIG announcement on No-Code Accessibility for InDesign.
Circular Software #InDesignBetter
ALT A panel of a Mac app showing Section Labels tools. Tools listed are 'Add section label to active page' & 'Auto add section labels to pages'.
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8 Nov 2021
Join us online November 16-19 for The Design Accessibility Summit by @CreativePro_com for our BIG announcement on No-Code Accessibility for InDesign.
Circular Software #InDesignBetter
ALT A Mac app showing Reading order tools. Tools listed are 'Auto define reading order', 'Manually define reading order' & 'Amend reading order'.
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3 Nov 2021
Join us at The Design Accessibility Summit by @CreativePro_com for our BIG announcement on No-Code Accessibility for InDesign.
Follow us @Circular_soft and retweet any of our tweets next week for a chance of a free ticket to join in the fun.
Circular Software #InDesignBetter
ALT The Design Accessibility Summit. A CreativePro Online Event. November 16-19, 2021
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17 Dec 2020
Looking to connect and run a case study with a UK trade book publisher or typesetter who is serious about adding proper #a11y to their reflowable ebooks from InDesign in 2021. Please share. youtu.be/gG33PKhp-WM #InDesignBetter
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2 Jun 2020
Join our CircularFLO 2020 pre-release group to become an insider and #InDesignBetter:
circular.software/join
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